How to Find Natural Landscaping Ideas for Stone

You can find a lot of ideas for your landscaping by going out in the 'field' and check out stone formations courtesy of nature. Using stone in the landscape can take the form of paving, walls, stacks of stone, gravel, riverbeds or individual rocks and boulders. Stone can be smooth, textured, hard or soft and of any color or pattern. Here are some tips on how to find natural landscaping ideas for stone.

Instructions

1. Check out your local parks and hiking trails. There you will see how nature landscapes with stone in your local area. Designing your landscape with local stone will make your garden look comfortably natural. You might even be able to find stone at a better price if it is locally quarried. You'll certainly save on shipping costs and help reduce fuel usage for importing stone.

2. Get ideas for rock and stone placement by seeing how nature handles stone in wild areas. You will see how rocks and stones are never lined up or spaced evenly the artificial way so many people set them into their gardens. Look at how rocks and boulders are randomly placed in groups with empty areas between.

3. Try something with a little whimsy. As you look around in nature you can find two boulders precariously tipped or kissing each other for balance or stones that teeter atop one and other. You might be able to adopt some placement ideas from these natural landscaping examples.

4. Wandering around undeveloped land, hiking trails or taking a visit to your local park areas not only will give you great natural landscaping ideas for stone, but will offer a fun day's exercise out in the fresh air. You can't go wrong taking a landscaping course from Mother Nature!

Resources

• Landscape design and gardening information
• Video: rock landscapes at Vasquez Rocks
• Designing with stone, rocks and gravel