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Gardens consisting solely of flowering and foliage plants may be lovely, but they may also lack a sense of unification or completion. One way of introducing structure, interest, balance, and focus to a botanically dense landscape is through the application of hardscape elements. Whether it's a simple concrete birdbath emerging from a groundcover bed or an elaborate masonry walkway meandering through a perennial border, such structural ornamentation can be incorporated into gardens of any style and size. Giving straightforward advice and instruction, Davitt guides gardeners through the function and purpose of paths, walls, fountains, arbors, and other garden structures; helpfully suggests companion plantings; and provides dramatic before-and-after color photographs to illustrate the power of hardscape to transform and improve garden settings. Carol Haggas
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"This is a handsome guide that belongs in all landscaping collections. Highly recommended." -Library Journal

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Keith Davitt's newest book is "wonderfully informative" and "very beautiful" on all facets of designing and building all types of water features.

This book treats the design, construction and integration of every type of water feature for small garden spaces. From wall fountains to bogs, tubs, streams, pools and ponds, this is the complete water feature book, fully and beautifully illustrated with pictures and drawings.

With a clear eye to design, construction, materials, and maintenance, celebrated designer Keith Davitt offers alternatives for every style of garden and every budget. Detailed case studies depict actual gardens progressing from the planning stage to planting, and the author shows step-by-step how such features are created using only modest building skills. Types of water gardens discussed include natural, formal, and informal pools; raised and in-ground formal fountains; wall fountains; streams and waterfalls; and bog and tub gardens. Heavily illustrated and packed with practical information, Water Features for Small Gardens is a must for any gardener seeking to bring his or her garden to the next level.

A Christian Science Monitor best book.
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Keith Davitt's offering features new gardens from the author and other designers from across the seas. "This is why the delineation of space in gardens is so important. They need to be made livable, inviting, pleasurable places, with areas for sitting in the sun and sitting in the shade and outdoor cooking and dining and entertaining and so on. No longer can a garden be considered only a place to grow plants; it is now a place made beautiful with plants in which to live the quieter, happier moments of one's life."
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Keith Davitt's first book is "beautifully photographed" and "highly illuminating" on the principles of design for small spaces. Why are really attractive small gardens so rare? Most home owners don't realize how much is possible in a small space. If you want a garden but do not think you have enough outdoor space to make a beautiful garden, then this is the book for you. Small Spaces, Beautiful Gardens provides the tools and information you need to determine which small garden style is right for you and how to achieve the look you want within your limited space. Each of the eighteen featured garden projects illustrates the underlying principles of small space garden design through illustrations, photographs, and plans. Small Spaces Beautiful Gardens brings the hands-on know-how of a twenty-year landscape designer, Keith Davitt, home to you. Each chapter of this beautifully illustrated book explains the design principles behind making beautiful, livable gardens for small yards and city lots by using imaginative design to create the illusion of space. Each chapter is a hardworking profile of a small garden, packed with tips and tricks on how to visually grow your garden space. Before and after illustrations make this book a step-by-step guide to building your own small garden -- no matter what your style.
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Fine Gardening

Fine Gardening

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Growing Edge

Growing Edge

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Ponds Magazine

Other publications with articles by Keith Davitt include:

Construction Specifier, Gardening How-to, Horticulture, Period Homes, Ponds Magazine, The American Gardener, Traditional Building, Watershapes and others.