The Master Book of the Water Garden written by Phillip Swindells is a practical design and maintenance guide with over 150 plant profiles, full color photography and illustrations that are both useful and inspirational for both novice and experienced water gardeners alike.

Described as the perfect coffee table book, with the most useful water gardening information, this 304 page water garden manual will inspire new designs the reader have never thought of through expressions of the soul that only gardeners themselves can fully come to appreciate and understand.

For aeons, water has brought new meaning and sensitive balance to the ancient art of gardening, in a way that we can truly narrate our emotions, our very selves, through the molding of Mother Nature.

These are the languid discussions of harmony that The Master Book of the Water Garden employ with inspiring detail.

Pondering on the arrangement of bridges, fish, plants, rocks, filters, liner and everything that you could possibly imagine that goes into a water garden most of the time, is here for the novice and those already with a little experience in the area; written by a Master.

Philip Swindells has gone out of his way to provide practical information and photos of each of the most common plants in an encyclopedic way (their Latin names), plus how to clean and maintain your water garden while making constant upgrades andnew arrangements as the desire springs forth; all this done with such inspiration that it really is a valuable treasure for any water garden.

Measuring 11.8 x 8.6 x 0.9 and shipping at 3.1 lbs, this book was first published by Bulfinch in April of 2002.

A wealth of design options, tips and ideas for spaces and budgets, The Master Book of the Water Garden: The Ultimate Guide to the Design and Maintenance of the Water Garden, comes in both hardcover and paperback, replenishing your inspiration at a glance.