Landscaping with Stone, 2nd Edition

Intro
 Title
 Acknowledgments
 Contents
 Introduction
 Chapter 1 Designing with Stone
 Decide What You Like
 Explore the Possibilities
 Aesthetic Decisions for Stonework
 Developing a Design Direction
 Inspiration from the Site
 Use Props
 Creating Walkways and Steps
 Creating Stone Patios
 Creating Walls
 Creating Rock Features
 Chapter 2 Planning your Project
 Defining the Site
 Site Evaluation
 Become a Soil Sleuth
 Create Site Drawings
 Managing the Worksite
 Professional Expertise
 The Budget as a Planning Aid
 How Much Will It Cost?
 Chapter 3 Stone as a Building Material Stone ClassificationsEvaluating Stone
 Small-Dimension Materials
 Price, Availability & Quantity
 Guidelines for Delivery
 Learn from the Stone
 Chapter 4 Tools & Techniques
 Tools
 Tool Preferences
 Working with Stone
 Before you Begin
 Shaping Skills
 Dressed Stone
 Mortared Stonework
 How to Mix Mortar
 Living with Stone
 Stone Displacement
 Protect your Plants
 Temporary Relocations
 Saving Sod
 Working Around Mature Trees and Shrubs
 Changing the Grade
 Altering Natural Watercourses
 Chapter 5 Paths & Walkways
 Path and Walkway Design
 Complement Garden Features
 Walkway and Path Basics EdgingWalkway Slope
 Stepping-stone Paths
 Stone Selection
 Laying Out the Walk
 Set the Stones
 Gravel Paths and Walkways
 Types of Stone
 Installing a Loose-Aggregate Walk
 Spread the Loose Aggregate
 Dry-Laid Flagstone Walks
 Walk Design
 Lay Stone in Sand
 Remove the Forms
 Stepping-stones in Water
 Chapter 6 Stone Patios
 Patio Uses
 Installing a Dry-Laid Patio
 Building a Patio
 Leveling
 Calculate the Slope
 Excavate the Soil
 Add a Gravel Base
 Add a Sand Bed
 To Edge or Not
 Choose a Pattern and Spacing
 Set the Stone
 Fill the Joints
 Mortared Patios
 Choose and Dry Fit the Stone Chapter 7 Landscape StepsStep Design
 Rise and Run
 Calculate Unit Rise and Run
 Step Width
 Building Steps
 Mortared Steps
 Chapter 8 Stone & Water Features
 Water Features
 Carving a Water Bowl
 Find Your Stone
 Examine the Stone
 Choosing a Chisel and Hammer
 Rough-out the Bowl
 Finishing the Bowl
 Maintaining the Water Bowl
 Constructing a Fountain
 Stone for the Fountain
 Pump Assembly
 Installing the Pump
 Fountain Maintenance
 Dry Streambeds
 Design
 Installation
 Chapter 9 Setting Large Stones
 Explore the Possibilities
 Basic Shapes
 Vertical or Upright
 Horizontal Blocky or Chunky StoneArching
 Surface Qualities
 Creating an Arrangement
 Ratios
 Spacing
 Orientation
 Quantity
 Companion Plantings
 Techniques and Tools
 Site Preparation
 Placing Stones with Hand Tools
 Earthmoving Equipment
 Protect the Stone
 Chapter 10 Rock Gardens
 Choose a Site
 Prepare the Site
 Gardens in Walls
 Choose the Stone
 Arrange the Stone
 Chapter 11 Freestanding Walls
 Creating Stone Walls
 Stone for Your Wall
 Dry-Laid Freestanding Walls
 Building Basics
 Mortared Freestanding Walls
 Working with Mortar
 Chapter 12 Retaining Walls
 Retaining-Wall Designs