Not only do rock gardens add beauty and dimension to any outdoor space, they require little maintenance and can accommodate awkward or difficult landscapes (such as steep hillsides). No matter the ...

Lavender is one of the best plants to add to your rock garden ideas as it is hardy, low maintenance and thrives in poor soils. As a Mediterranean plant, it is naturally acclimatized to rougher, drier ...

A rock garden is a garden, or more often a part of a garden, with a landscaping framework of rocks, stones and gravel, with planting appropriate to this setting. It’s also known as a rockery or ...

As I was visiting the Spring Creek Rock Garden in Fort Collins this May, I overheard a small group of enthusiastic gardeners asking each other many questions about rock gardening. A few were new to ...

Garden renovation projects might include mounds to add visual interest in an otherwise flat terrain and to provide drainage and other benefits of raised beds. A particular form of the garden mound is ...

There can be a certain mystique about rock gardens, a feeling that they’re somehow too exotic for the typical backyard gardener. “Rock gardening is very scary to a lot of people,” said Kevin Cretin, ...