Rock Gardening

Building a rock garden at its best involves the use of rocks of all sizes from ornamental gravel up to boulder size and when plant materials are added the mixture becomes complete.

The planning stage or the actual design is perhaps the most challenging for many of us and should be thought out carefully.

Take time to look through some articles in magazines and books that deal with hardscape design. Be sure to mark the pages where you have found a scene or information that appeals to you.

Upon completing your research it becomes time to incorporate your own ideas along with what you have learned from your reading into a sketch of the vision that you want to create.

You should expect your first few renderings to be extremely rough. That’s why the pros call these first few conceptional designs rough sketches.

Draw, redraw and continue to improve on your design until you come to the point where you are completely pleased with it.

If it still doesn’t seem quite up to the level of creativity that you are trying to achieve then ask a friend or your mate for input. Remember two or more heads are always better than one.

In order for you to pull this off it will be necessary to come up with a well balanced and artistic placement of all hardscape and softscape materials.

Try to enter surprise into your plan by placing meandering walks throughout the garden and tucking plants into areas that are not readily visible until you are suddenly almost on top of them.

There is nothing as boring as being able to view an entire garden from only one vantage point.

Make your new garden a one of a kind masterpiece that you and your guests will love.