Landscapes in Miniature By John Constable A practical guide to making a miniature living landscape, with clear instructions and diagrams and individual descriptions of plants and trees. ISBN-13: 9780718826024 Specifications: 246x183mm, 128pp, Paperback with colour and b&w illustrations Price: £12.50 • US$27.50 Publication: July 1984 Order this Title Now

About this Book

This book is about an absorbing new hobby - how to make a miniature living landscape. It might be as small as a window box, or large enough to hold a model thatched cottage with trees, forests, lakes and downs. This is an innovative new gardening activity which will fascinate all those, young and old, who might be interested in gardening or are looking for a new pastime.

The plants and trees are individually described, and instruction and advice is given on various containers which can be sued to form a home for the miniature landscape. Planting and care, brickwork, tools, pottery, nailing, painting, streams and farm equipment - all are clearly explained. , planting, pottery, streams and gates, amongst other aspects. The book's information is helpfully divided into comprehensive chapters on each topic, and the title contains numerous photographs, in black and white and colour, and abundant diagrams, which make it easier for the reader to visualise the finished product.

The definitive guide to miniature landscapes, Landscapes in Miniature is about the fun, adventure and pure pleasure of creating an individual, tiny world.