Making Garden Floors Stone, Brick, Tile, Concrete, Ornamental Gravel, Recycled Materials and More

by Gilchrist, Paige

• ISBN13: 9781579902124
• ISBN10: 157990212X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-06-30
• Publisher: Lark Books

Summary

Inspiration and instruction -- that's what the do-it-yourselfer needs to improve the garden from the ground up! Whether you're trying to enhance a tiny patch of urban patio (and hide that concrete slab of a floor), give a sprawling yard a level place for a picnic table, or anything in between, you'll find the essential "show-hows" here, in real-life examples of garden transformations plus recipes for practically every type of paving imaginable. A basics section starts with grading a site and ends with easy-to-follow directions for three ways of excavating and filling a foundation for any type of outdoor "floor". Another chapter assesses every type of material, providing the pros and cons of each, climate considerations, and cost comparisons. Then, find out how to put each one of those ground covers to use, from small informal areas made of salvaged brick to contemporary pool surrounds of colored concrete. Throughout, for your inspiration, hundreds of superb photos display spectacular gardens and their handsome "floors". Your results will look just as marvelous

Author Biography

Asheville, NC

Table of Contents

introduction	7	(3)
planning your design	10	(8)
paving materials	18	(10)
paving tools	28	(4)
floor basics	32	(20)
brick floors	52	(12)
tile floors	64	(10)
ornamental gravel & pebble floors	74	(12)
flagstone & fieldstone floors	86	(12)
cut stone floors	98	(10)
concrete paver floors	108	(12)
poured concrete floors	120	(16)
floors of recycled & nontraditional materials	136	(7)
acknowledgements & photo credits	143	(1)
index	144