Pebbles for landscape: the secrets of designer

  • Dec 24, 2019
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To decorate the local area used by a huge number of materials. One of the most spectacular is considered pebbles. We propose to consider the popular options, which are used in landscape design.

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Creating a theme garden using pebbles

Enjoy the seaside and want to plunge into the appropriate atmosphere? Create in their local area themed garden. In this place you will be able to relax after a dismal everyday life and gain spiritual strength. In order to have turned a cozy corner, you will need appropriate materials, such as gravel.

Tip! To create a theme garden, initially will have to build on a favorite image, then think about how to implement it.

Pebble can create objects on different subjects:

  • "Sea". An essential object of such a garden pond. Shingles is used for framing of its shores. Of small stones can make a beacon or a fence. Last year obtyanut need a fishing net. Failed to fully develop a theme, you can apply all the elements relevant to the sea: a lifeline, a hammock of striped fabric.
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  • "Tea ceremony". This theme will suit lovers of oriental style. On the territory of the garden you need to arrange the compositions created from a pebble. The main thing is that they are decorated in Japanese style. Pebbles is perfectly combined with large stones, slabs.
  • "Archeology". To create an atmosphere of ancient times, the site can be filled with pebbles or gravel, is located among them some ornamental plants. The stones can be to dig the remains of utensils made of clay or ceramic bowl to place, decorated pieces of tile or mirrors. Decoration composition becomes a pitcher, laid on its side. Near its neck, you can plant flowers. Need to do so, if they are "derived" from the tank. In the spring, such a composition would be a bright spot in the garden.
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More options use pebbles in landscape design

Pebbles will help mask any defects in the area. With it will be possible to conceal the tuberosity area, outdated facilities. If you make a flower bed higher, will be able to decorate a drawback, as the tortuous terrain. You can also build a stage, a rock garden.

Tip! At their summer cottage may be located a lot of useful things that do not look aesthetically pleasing: barns, compost pit wells. But you can always hide their prying eyes. For example, to a concrete pit can be finished by applying colored shingles.

Following guidelines of landscape designers:

  • Use pebbles paving paths and trails. If you make such objects made of stone bright colors and complement them backlit, get smart "lunar" path. If you take the colored pebbles, will receive the original contrasts.
  • Creation of stone figures. Here you can give free rein to their imagination. Pebble get funny turtle, frog.
  • Making a flower bed. Natural stone has received a high bed that hides the plot of error.
  • Creation of building envelopes.
  • Making a rock garden. Pebbles can be combined with other stones.
  • Decoration pond shores.
  • Decoration rockeries. Complement the stones can be mini plants.
  • Create a dry creek.
  • Decoration sections of the lawn, the earth. Stone light color looks beautiful against the bright lawn.
  • Making stone garden or islands. Today, high demand area such as painting on stone. Miniature sculptures will become effective addition of the composition.

Types of pebbles for landscaping

Pebbles - natural stone, which is represented in different variations. In landscape design pebbles used the following types:

  • Sea. Material used in vykladyvanii tracks.
Tip! Before you begin creating objects with sea pebbles, it is necessary to repeatedly wash, because after drying on the surface appear white spots (from salt).
  • River. Often, its size is a maximum of 2-3 cm. Sometimes black, white, colorful.
  • White. Usually found in nature on the mountain rivers.
  • Black. It is made of dolomite and marble. It is covered with a polishing agent.
  • Color. It is produced by artificial means. It can be represented in different colors. It can be used to issue portion in a single color or placed thereon contrast objects.
  • Glass. Stone artificial origin. Presented in different colors. Outwardly it looks quite fragile, but they did not at least characterized by excellent strength for him.
  • Marble. Expensive material for the manufacture of marble is used.
  • Silicon. It does not apply to the rocks with a decorative purpose. It acts as a filter in ponds, pits, tanks. The absorbent material of natural origin, which absorbs harmful substances. It can be used to purify water by pathogenic microorganisms, phenols, to improve its palatability.
  • Pebbles on a substrate -kamen, which is placed on a grid basis. It saves time on installation.
Shingles - a stone that is durable and long-lasting. Paved path from it will last more than one decade. If you compare this with other decorative material, it has a large list of advantages, by virtue of which enjoys strong demand

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