This text contains a comprehensive guide to making concrete garden
furniture. Complete with step-by-step instructions and helpful pictures,
this text contains all the information an amateur needs to know to
enable them to make the articles covered in this book. It encompasses
information on tools, materials, and technique. Perfect for those with
an interest in making their own garden utilities, this text also makes
for a great DIY reference book and is not to be missed by the discerning
handyman. The chapters of this book include: The Selection and Testing
of Material; How to Proportion and Mix the Materials; Making Forms and
Placing the Concrete; How to Make Garden Walls, Steps and Other Simple
Utilities; How to Make Sundials, Benches and Swimming Pools; Bird Baths,
Lanterns, Pottery and Water Gardens; and Making Concrete Garden Frames
and Garden Rollers. We are proud to republish this text here complete
with a new introduction on the history of furniture.