30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Stonescaping Ideas, Mar 25 2009
By MJW - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Stonescaping Idea Book (Paperback)
This book has color pictures on almost every page with almost every type of stonework imaginable. If you need ideas or just pictures of different types of stonework, this book should cover that information. Topics covered include paths and steps, terraces, patios, garden spaces, poolside spaces, dry and mortared stone walls, benches, landscaping features, sculptures, pools, ponds, streams and waterfalls, water fountains, entryways, driveways, and borders. A nice book to own for creating an abundance of ideas, however, this is not the book you want if you are looking for step by step do it yourself instructions.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
rock my world, Sep 2 2008
By AnteWoo - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Stonescaping Idea Book (Paperback)
I loaned this book to my friend [we're both rockaholics]and she's having a hard time giving it back [maybe I should buy one for her]. I have acquired several books on stonescaping, building with rock, etc., this is one of the good ones, wonderful pictures too.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Idea book, May 15 2011
By M. Pete - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Stonescaping Idea Book (Paperback)
While this has great photospreads of some elaborate and a few simple rock and stonework pieces, it has a very broad scope and a lot of it is work that would have to be done by a mason or contracted. I was hoping for a comparison of the different types of stone used in rock work and masonry, the use of firebrick, the difference between concretes and slate, granite stone, and all I found was a paragraph on types of cobblestone not available in my area, and bricklaying patterns that are in my Sunset landscaping book.
There are TWO outdoor fireplaces, and a handful of firepits and water pieces. I was hoping for multiple examples of all types of rock and stone work, I can glean about as much information out of a Sunset Magazine or Better Home and Gardens issue as was provided here.
It amounts to a pretty coffee table book for someoen with lots and lots of money to have someone else do the stone work for them.