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Bring the natural charm of rocks to your own garden – choose from numerous rock landscaping ideas and create the garden theme that you’ve always imagined! Construct a rock garden; a garden pathway; a grotto or cavern; a waterfall, stream, and other water features; or garden steps. You can even use rocks for ground cover. They come in different sizes, colors and shapes, thus testing the limits of your creativity, in an enjoyable manner. Below are some decorative rock landscaping ideas and river rock landscaping ideas for your garden.
Rock Garden. Add a rock garden in some corner or a sloping area of your garden that you want to be its center of attention. Usually larger rocks are placed in a bed of smaller rocks, but you can create your own design.
Garden Pathway. Create a straight or winding garden pathway leading to a particular spot or sitting area in it. Use larger rocks as borders and fill the pathway with small river rocks or gravel in to make it more walk-able. Rock pathways give your garden a country or breezy ambiance.
Ground Cover. Use small river rocks to cover the part of the garden under a water spigot to keep it from getting muddy or in other areas of the lawn where you do not wish to put plants or grass groundcover. Create a design using different colors, sizes and shapes of rocks. For example, you can add the river rocks between flagstones. River rocks are ideal for ground cover because of their smooth surface and their varied colors.
Garden steps. Large flat rocks artistically serve as natural steps or stairs to an elevated or area of your garden. It is preferable to select rocks of similar sizes. For a more refreshing look, consider placing plants on the sides of the steps.
Fountains, Streams and Other Water Features. Large or small rocks placed around the edges of a fountain, streams, or any other water feature enhances its loveliness. The fountain can itself be built with rocks. Rocks have always been use to highlight garden water features. There is something magical and calming about the sight of water or the sound of flowing water.
Grotto or Caverns. Different sizes and colors of rocks can be use to build a grotto or cavern, whether with flowing water or none. Place decorative pieces at the center of the grotto. Construct this to highlight a particular area of your garden or near the sitting area. These are just few rock landscaping ideas.
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