Read online Simply Gardening: Patios FB2
9780711226425 0711226423 A patio offers all sorts of possibilities: a place for sitting out or entertaining, a place for retreat or a party, a place to enjoy plants. Almost any garden, however small, can accommodate a patio and this book tells you how you can have one.Considering the range of possible styles and all the practical options, Andi Clevely helps you lay first your plans and then your patio, whether it be paved with stone, decked with timber or adorned with pebbles. Ideas for lighting, furniture, heating and eating help you turn the structure into an inviting outdoor room. He then describes suitable plants for different situations and to create different moods - cool and refreshing white and silver plants for sunny sites, foliage plants for shade, tropical plants for an exotic feel - showing the variety of ways in which plants in beds, crevices or containers can complete a patio by providing it with structure, colour, texture and seasonal change., A place for sitting out or entertaining, a place to retreat or make merry, alace to enjoy plants: a patio can enhance your life. Such a place could beours, for there is no garden too small for a patio and this book simplyxplains all you need to know to be able to create one. Considering the rangef possible styles and all the practical options, Andi Clevely helps you layirst your plans and then your patio, whether it be paved with stone, deckedith timber or adorned with pebbles, with full practical instruction. Ideasor lighting, furniture, heating and eating help you turn the structure inton inviting outdoor room. Describing suitable plants for different situationsnd to create different moods - cool and refreshing white and silver plantsor sunny sites, foliage plants for shade, tropical plants for an exotic feel he shows the variety of ways in which plants in beds, crevices orontainers can complete a patio by providing it with structure, colour,exture and seasonal change - and so help your patio become a satisfyingxpression of your interests and lifestyle and a lasting asset for the garden.
9780711226425 0711226423 A patio offers all sorts of possibilities: a place for sitting out or entertaining, a place for retreat or a party, a place to enjoy plants. Almost any garden, however small, can accommodate a patio and this book tells you how you can have one.Considering the range of possible styles and all the practical options, Andi Clevely helps you lay first your plans and then your patio, whether it be paved with stone, decked with timber or adorned with pebbles. Ideas for lighting, furniture, heating and eating help you turn the structure into an inviting outdoor room. He then describes suitable plants for different situations and to create different moods - cool and refreshing white and silver plants for sunny sites, foliage plants for shade, tropical plants for an exotic feel - showing the variety of ways in which plants in beds, crevices or containers can complete a patio by providing it with structure, colour, texture and seasonal change., A place for sitting out or entertaining, a place to retreat or make merry, alace to enjoy plants: a patio can enhance your life. Such a place could beours, for there is no garden too small for a patio and this book simplyxplains all you need to know to be able to create one. Considering the rangef possible styles and all the practical options, Andi Clevely helps you layirst your plans and then your patio, whether it be paved with stone, deckedith timber or adorned with pebbles, with full practical instruction. Ideasor lighting, furniture, heating and eating help you turn the structure inton inviting outdoor room. Describing suitable plants for different situationsnd to create different moods - cool and refreshing white and silver plantsor sunny sites, foliage plants for shade, tropical plants for an exotic feel he shows the variety of ways in which plants in beds, crevices orontainers can complete a patio by providing it with structure, colour,exture and seasonal change - and so help your patio become a satisfyingxpression of your interests and lifestyle and a lasting asset for the garden.