Concrete Garden Projects: Easy & Inexpensive Containers,

Concrete Garden Projects: Easy & Inexpensive Containers, Furniture, Water Features & More

For gardeners and backyard do-it-yourselfers, concrete is a revelation. It's durable, weatherproof, impossible to steal, and it provides much-needed insulation for outdoor plants. Concrete weathers beautifully, softening around the edges, developing moss, and becoming more picturesque with age.
Concrete Garden Projects takes advantage of concrete's numerous assets, showcasing an inspiring array of creative options. The step-by-step instructions for dozens of easy, do-it-yourself dÃ©cor ideas include containers of all shapes and sizes, elegant benches and stools, miniature ponds and birdbaths, stepping stones, a barbecue, and a fire pit. The authors use a variety of molds easily found or made, household items like bowls and baking pans, and simple wooden frames and boxes. At pennies per pound, and so simple to useâ€”just mix with water and pourâ€”concrete is the key to hand-crafted backyard dÃ©cor.

Concrete Garden Projects: Easy & Inexpensive Containers, Furniture, Water Features & More