Building a path, a flight of steps or a patio can dramatically alter the design and visual impact of your garden. This book presents 16 original projects, ranging from a simple natural stone patio to a decorative Victorian path. Materials used include brick, stone, wooden tiles and green wood.
Part 1 Techniques: designing and planning; tools; materials;
foundations; brickwork and stonework techniques; woodwork techniques; paths;
patios; steps. Part 2 Projects: decking tile patio; zigzag brick border path;
woodland steps; rustic log ring paths; inspirations - paths; natural patio;
green wood walkway; classic carpet stone patio; art deco steps; inspirations
- steps; Elizabethan half-circle doorstep; decorative Victorian path; railway
sleeper steps; semicircular herb walk; crazy-paved circular patio;
inspirations - patios; snake-pattern cobble path; raised decking; wooden
stairway.
Alan and Gill Bridgewater have gained an international reputation as producers of woodworking and DIY books on a range of subjects, including furniture-making, hand tool techniques, woodcarving and woodturning. They have written more than 50 highly successful books to date and also write for various DIY magazines on both sides of the Atlantic. They are authors of the New Holland companion titles: Water Features for the Garden and Woodwork for the Garden. They live in Battle, East Sussex.
