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Learn about stonework for your home and garden with Bob Vila, including information about building a brick wall, Japanese gardens, stone patios, and more.

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Reclaimed Granite for Gardens, Yards and Walkways
Reclaimed Granite for Gardens, Yards and Walkways
Granite gives the look of bygone era along with a solid, hassle-free character that makes it perfect for salvage and reuse as ...
Retaining Wall Drainage
Retaining Wall Drainage
Use stone instead of dirt against a retaining wall to aid in drainage.
Reviewing the Landscape Design
Reviewing the Landscape Design
Bob discusses landscape of the governor's mansion with contractor Sam Daniel.
Stone Patio, Landscaping, and Outdoor Lighting
Stone Patio, Landscaping, and Outdoor Lighting
Bob meets with landscape designer Ruth Foster, about her plan for a stone patio, a hot tub, and outdoor lighting. Low voltage ...
Stone Walkways
Stone Walkways
Here are some tips for laying down a nice stone walkway outside your home. After making the walkway with string, the first ...
The Transit Level
The Transit Level
The transit level is to plane surveying what the hammer is to nailing.
Tour of Fairsted, Frederick Law Olmstead's Home
Tour of Fairsted, Frederick Law Olmstead's Home
We visit Fairsted, the Brookline, Mass., home of Frederick Law Olmsted, the landscape architect responsible for most of this ...
Tour of Middleton Place
Tour of Middleton Place
Bob visits Middleton Place, a plantation garden outside Charleston, South Carolina.
Tour of the Biltmore Hotel in Miami
Tour of the Biltmore Hotel in Miami
We take a tour of a remarkable concrete building that's survived some of Miami's worst hurricanes: the majestic Biltmore Hotel ...
Tour of the Gardens at The Mount
Tour of the Gardens at The Mount
Bob ties the look of the stone lower façade of the Berkshire’s modular home to The Mount, famed author Edith Wharton’s home. ...
Touring a Japanese Garden
Touring a Japanese Garden
Bob takes us on a tour of the Japanese Garden at the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens to get some ideas for the Zen ...
Value Added Landscaping
Value Added Landscaping
Improving the look of your yard is a relatively inexpensive way to increase the value of your home. Visit a local nursery to ...
Victorian House Landscaping
Victorian House Landscaping
Bob discusses landscaping and the stone terrace with Ruth Foster, landscape consultant. They stand in the diamond shaped ...
Virginia House Tour
Virginia House Tour
Bob takes a tour of Virginia House. Once an English abbey, this historic home was shipped to Richmond stone by stone in the ...
William Gibbes House Garden Tour
William Gibbes House Garden Tour
Bob returns to the William Gibbes House in Charleston, South Carolina, to tour the one-acre garden of this grand Georgian mansion.
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