Alison Beck. Water Garden Plants for Canada. Lone Pine Publishing. 2005.

I crave a water garden but am forbidden to have one by townehouse management. This book certainly intensifies that craving and I am working on a "bog garden" to help satisfy my desire for a real water garden.

Reading Alison Beck's book will make anyone want to add a water feature of some type to their home landscape. As I would expect, it gives good instructions on choosing sites, and constructing water gardens.

I took a close look at the plants suggested because of my interest in carnivorous plants. Most water garden books ignore this group. This author included the Pitcher Plants (one species is hardy in much of Canada). In a section on "Other Plants to Consider", Butterwort was discussed. It is exciting for me to see these unique plants being suggested for pond/stream water gardens.