Greenhouses and Gardening

For a wonderful selection of garden gravel you may need to visit a gravel pit or specialty stone outlet for your needs. Of course, your local home and garden centers may have just what you are looking for. After all, it is simply crushed rock.

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.

Red and black volcanic rock is widely used in Nevada and California. And it is cheaper than marble or some other gravels. You should shop at different outlets, and perhaps even on line to check out price differences.

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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