Landscaping and Gardening Info

You might be surprised at the selection of garden gravel you will have. If your home and garden center does not carry a large selection, you may need to go to a gravel pit or specialty outlet for more of a choice.

Use your imagination to design fabulous walkways and shapes around your gardens using the gravel. They come in all colors, from bright white marble, to reds and greens. You will find pink granite and gray granite with black flecks. There is also pea gravel and pebbles of every color. You should be able to come up with many ideas, based on the colors you see.

Pricing will vary as much as the color, so shop around. There is also volcanic rock you might choose. These come in red and black, and they can be shiny or not.

There are pebbles, which are smoother, that can also be used decoratively as is gravel. And some are used to smother weeds under a cloth or plastic covering. If the pebbles or gravel is placed on top of the plastic or weed cloth, the weeds die underneath, and your gravel area will stay weed free.

Gravel is also used in dry landscaping, and a lot in desert landscaping. Also, in Zen gardening, the gravel is raked into patterns to depict waves or rippling like water. They are truly works of art.

Depending on how much of an area you intend to cover with your gravel, and your landscaping specialist can assist you with this, you may want to order an entire truckload. Often this saves money, rather than ordering just a small amount at a time. However, if you want just splashes of color here and there, you can buy garden gravel in bags available in many colors.

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