Part 1: Formal Water Gardens: Basic construction details; pond liners; CASE STUDY - raised rectangular pond with jets; water treatment; examples of formal pools; infinity edges; alternatives to chemicals; water tables; water pavements; jumping jets; CASE STUDY - brimming pools; water pumps; flow rates; water-garden safety; water walls; chutes; water usage; examples of errors. Part 2: Informal Water Gardens; Place for informality in the garden; excavation; liners for lakes and ponds; beneath the liner; fringes of ponds and lakes - edges, marginal planting; clay-lined ponds; CASE STUDY - extending a clay-lined pond; natural water courses, water storage and attenuation; the maturing pond. Further reading. Index.
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Martin Kelley has been involved in the construction of water gardens for all his working life. After training with Anthony Archer-Wills from 1982, he set up his own company M.W.Kelley Water Gardens in 1993, subsequently trading as Fairwater Limited from 2001. His company is based in Ashington, West Sussex, and has filled commissions in the UK, Ireland, Sweden and elsewhere in Europe.
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