Improving Your Landscaping

Posted on: 2 August 2021

Owning a non-HOA home allows you to make changes as often as you please. The landscape is an excellent candidate because you can work on the front yard and backyard. While adding features and growing plants will improve the space, you can also incorporate rocks all around.

Hire professionals and get strategical with rock usage to make your landscape special.

Boulders

An easy way to add rocks throughout your landscape is by bringing in large boulders. These rocks can become focal points with proper setup. You can pick from all sorts of colors, sizes, shapes, and imperfections until you find boulders you are interested in getting.

Add beauty and functionality by building a retaining wall with boulders. An effective wall requires you to carefully select boulders that fit well together and become structurally sound. Use landscapers to pick out the boulders, bring them to your yard, and build the retaining wall.

Borders

Boulders will stand out in a backyard because of their size, but you can also use smaller rocks to create borders in various areas. For instance, you can start planting beds around your home's perimeter using rocks as the border material. A benefit of using rocks for this feature is that you can choose small pebbles or medium-sized rocks depending on your visual preferences.

Another thing that you can do is border existing walkways. Adding rocks on both sides of a concrete walkway throughout your backyard can give it more visual appeal.

Mulch

Wood chips, pine needles, and rubber pellets are a few common mulch options. But you can use pea gravel, lava rock, or river rock to create a mulch bed anywhere on your landscape. Rock mulch allows you to prioritize almost any detail, such as the color, shape, size, or texture. You can choose rocks that feel comfortable to walk on to put the mulch in a high foot traffic area.

Walkways

Creating walkways around your landscape makes it safer and easier for your family to get around. Crushed rock, river rock, and flagstone pavers are all viable walkway options. You can use flagstone pavers to create beautiful and well-organized pathways. Utilizing crushed rock or river rock will help you make a more rustic and natural look to the walkways on your property.

Improving your landscape is something that you can do in many ways, and using rocks is an approach worth considering. Contact a local landscaping service to get more design ideas.