How to Build a Natural Swimming Pool

by Wolfram Kircher
How to Build a Natural Swimming Pool
Author: Wolfram Kircher
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-03-31
Genre: Ecological landscape design
ISBN: 9780993389214
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Natural swimming pools are the biggest news for gardeners since green roofs. The water is cleaned by aquatic plants instead of chlorine so it is gentle on the eyes and healthy for swimmers. These self-cleaning ecosystems are beautiful to look at and provide a valuable water source for dragonflies, honeybees and other beneficial insects. Wolfram Kircher has researched extensively into the low-nutrientdependent plants that are needed for the surrounds of natural swimming pools and the high-nutrient dependent plants that are required for the regeneration zone. In the book he demonstrates how to maintain the nutrient level in perfect balance to keep down the algae down and water sparkling. The authors have installed pools for decades and trialled different systems and plants to come up with the best possible designs.

Natural Swimming Pools

by Michael Littlewood
Natural Swimming Pools
Author: Michael Littlewood
Publisher: Schiffer Design Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780764321832
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A guide to natural swimming pools that rely on a balance of plants and micro-organisms to clean and purify the water.

Natural Swimming Pools

by David Pagan Butler
Natural Swimming Pools
Author: David Pagan Butler
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2011-01
Genre: Landscape gardening
ISBN: 9781856230582
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Natural swimming pools are kept clean by plants, not chemicals and are healthy environments for both people and wildlife. David Pagan Butler takes you through two projects step by step. The first one is how to build a plunge pool, an ideal nature reserve that you can swim in too ... The second part shows you how to make a much larger natural swimming pool--Container.

Gardenista

by Michelle Slatalla
Gardenista
Author: Michelle Slatalla
Publisher: Artisan Books
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2016-10-18
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1579656528
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Named a Best Gift Book for Gardeners by The New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times, Domino magazine, and Goop. The team behind the inspirational design sites Gardenista.com and Remodelista.com presents an all-in-one manual for making your outdoor space as welcoming as your living room. Tour personality-filled gardens around the world and re-create the looks with no-fail planting palettes. Find hundreds of design tips and easy DIYs, editors’ picks of 100 classic (and stylish) objects, a landscaping primer with tips from pros, over 200 resources, and so much more.

The Humane Gardener

by Nancy Lawson
The Humane Gardener
Author: Nancy Lawson
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2017-04-18
Genre:
ISBN: 1616896175
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In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.

Wild Swimming Italy

by Michele Tameni
Wild Swimming Italy
Author: Michele Tameni
Publisher: Wild Swimming
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2014-04-23
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9780957157354
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The Wild Swimming series travels to Italy to explore freshwater lakes, mountain and lagoons. Dip in to the emerald-green plunge pools of Sicily and swim at river beaches in Campania. Discover the secret hot springs of Tuscany and amazing waterfalls of the Dolomiti. Explore the hidden shores of Lake Como and Garda. Perfect for family explorers or romantic adevnturers, this stunning travel book combines beautiful photography with all the practical information you'll need to get off the beaten track, including maps, directions, grid references and walk-in times, and recommendations for canoe trips, campsites and tavernas.

Natural Swimming Pools

by Michael Littlewood
Natural Swimming Pools
Author: Michael Littlewood
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2008
Genre: Landscape gardening
ISBN: 9783860373507
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If you wish to swim in clear, soft water and have a beautiful garden feature all year round, you will need this book to create your own paradise. If you have had some experience of building work and are keen to build your own natural swimming pool, with or without some specialist assistance, then this book will provide you with everything you need to know. It contains over 80 illustrations and coloured photographs and takes you through the whole process in an easy to understand way. It also contains over 50 useful detailed scaled construction drawings. Michael Littlewoods methods and designs come from his considerable experience as a natural landscape architect and garden designer. This book is a logical follow-on from "Natural Swimming Pools: Inspiration for Harmony with Nature", with new details on everything from building instructions and assessing and maintaining water quality to considering types of plants and handling maintenance.

Vernal Pools

by Elizabeth A. Colburn
Vernal Pools
Author: Elizabeth A. Colburn
Publisher: McDonald and Woodward Publishing Company
Total Pages: 482
Release: 2004
Genre: Nature
ISBN:
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Annotation. The first book-length synthesis of the natural history, ecology, and conservation of the seasonally wet pools that occur in and near the formerly glaciated portions of eastern North America (incldues both Canada and the US).

Wild Swimming France

by Daniel Start
Wild Swimming France
Author: Daniel Start
Publisher: Wild Things Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: France
ISBN: 9780957157309
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"Swim beneath the great châteaux of the Loire and plunge into the azure-blue pools of Provence. relax in the secret hot springs of the Pyrenees and discover the unspoilt crater lakes of the Mont-Dore."--Back cover.