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Whatever the reason for the new designs in gardening, it opens a lot of possibilities for something different in the garden. Here are a few photos. |
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The pattern is made with solid cement paving squares, gravel and planted green squares. |
| every drop counts |
| With the ongoing water shortage gardeners started to replace lawns with
pebbles, gravel and crushed rocks. Some designs are remarkably
eye-catching. The gardens seem interesting in a calm way even where nothing more was
done than to replace the lawn with pebbles . It could be that it seems more dramatic
to me because I am aware that every drop of water saved counts, while the gardener just
wanted something different to a lawn, but the end result is it saves water. Saving water
is starting to become the part of life in many cities all over the world. I used to think it was difficult to keep gravel neat, but now I am surprised at how neat it remains. We have a gravel path on one side of the aloe garden for eight years now. The dust and small debris disappear under the gravel. We have never needed to rake as the gravel is open on all sides and the wind blows the few leaves that fall there, away. A tip:- Nobody can walk quiet on gravel. Include the gravel into the garden's design to look pleasing but also as security on those sides of the house where it is needed. |
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Whatever the reason for the new designs in gardening, it opens a lot of possibilities for something different in the garden. Here are a few photos. |
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The pattern is made with solid cement paving squares, gravel and planted green squares. |
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The lawn of the garden on the other side is just visible on the
photo. Which garden looks better - with or without lawn is not the question. The
point is that it is refreshing to see something different.
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| This garden used to have lawn all the way. That was somewhat dull. |
| For more gardening with stones see my garden web site |
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