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

I love this book!! If you want to make garden deco out of concrete, I highly recommend it. It has fabulous ideas, and tells you how to do the projects, providing directions that are easy to follow. Likewise, it encourages your creative side, so that you can come up with your own molds and creations. If you are serious about concrete projects, this is a must have.

Great book. Lots of different ideas for concrete projects in the garden. Do-able by most everyone.

I selected this book because a few years ago my friend and I made a project from the internet to create beautiful concrete bird baths from rhubarb leaves. It was fun, relatively easy and quite rewarding when complete. This book offers a myriad of similar fun, easy projects and so now my friends and I will have even more projects to try. I read through the book and with my prior limited experience I understood all of the directions. They are clear and concise and seem to include all the steps to complete the project for a rewarding outcome. If you've never tried making items from concrete and you are even a bit crafty, you'll have fun. I also envision it as a good catalyst to do parent -child projects or grandparent- grandchild projects. Nice, wholesome, meaningful memories!

The best thing about this book are the beautifully staged, clear pictures though i wish the making instructions would have been inline with the photo gallery more like a chapter title then a gallery section and an instruction section because the momentum gets lost on the excitement of finding the thing you want to make and looking at how to make it..flipping back and forth between the how to and the photos where one left off just doesn't help. The front of the book has large photos of each project with an unnecessary fluffy discription as if the book was trying to be a coffee table book then referencing the page in the back where there are smaller clear photos of steps to take to make each item showcased earlier, the actual reason someone buys a book like this. The projects are relatively simple and clearly explained and there is enough variety to get ideas on things one could do with the knowledge gained from the book. However, I feel like the book was stretched out a bit longer then necessary. Fir example, the author found several different silicone molds and showcased each one for a specific project in the book instead of just having a section on what one can do with found silicone molds. The author also had multiple angels and how to create them. This is fine, people may want a few different ways to make their favorite subject matter adorn their garden.. but earlier in the book it showed how to press a leaf into the cement. Honestly this isnt much different then pressing a metal angel into the cement. So i think my criticism is in the editing, layout, and contextual arrangement of the book and in no way about the beautiful photography or the clear instructions.

I first learned of "Concrete Garden Projects: Easy and Inexpensive Containers, Furniture, Water Features and More" from an issue of "Better Homes and Garden" magazine. The book promises much, but falls short on basic information. For example, the "recipe" for concrete for the projects is limited to pre-mixed concrete. There is little information on finishing the projects, coloring concrete, polishing or achieving special effects. The gallery pictures are inspiring, but the text left me needing to find more in depth sources.

Great ideas, great photographs, easy to follow instructions. I love this book, it is both informative and beautiful. Inspired me.

This book was a great find !!!! Easy directions and great ideas for you to do without alot of expence of buying these items in stores. I just receivd it a couple of weeks ago and have not tried any of the projects yet, but looking forward to doing some. The directions look very simple to follow. Diffently would recommand for the gardener who loves being creative.

I love this book. It has good information for the mosaic beginner or the experienced one branching out. The pics are great and the instructions are easy to follow. I highly recommend this book.

also a gift

This is the first book I've read regarding making things out of concrete/cement. Was a bit unsure as to whether to buy it at first. But glad that I did. I have been making mosaic pots and stuff for the garden up to now so this was a revelation. Totally in contrast to my mosaiced pieces which are so bright and decorative. These are so plain but with lovely clean lines and look so good with a house leek or such growing out of them. I have already made quite a few pots. Inspirational. Thanks very much.

wenn man noch nie mit Beton gearbeitet hat, hilft dieses Buch einem sehr weiter, sehr schöne Dinge zum nach machen

Sorprendente libro sobre la utilización de cemento para hacerte tus propios elementos decorativos de jardín!!. Me ha encantado! Estas vacaciones voy a ver si saco tiempo para "concretar" algún pequeño proyecto!!

Ein sehr fantasievolles Arbeitsbuch mit vielen Bildern. Wahrscheinlich verwendet jeder Gartenbesitzer gelegentlich Beton, um einen Weg auszubessern oder sonst etwas zu reparieren, doch vor größeren Projekten schrecken doch die meisten zurück. Hier ist der perfekte Anstoß für kreative Höhenflüge! Ich mag das Buch, es hat mir viele Impulse für neue Projekte gegeben.