Experience the beauty of nature with decorative stone

If you want to enhance the beauty of your landscape, using decorative stones is an excellent solution. While a well-manicured lawn, border beds with perennials and mulch are undoubtedly helpful, landscape stone is the perfect product to give your backyard, garden, patio, lawn, or any other outdoor space that polished and finished look.

To know how to use decorative stone, we have outlined five creative ways to incorporate stones of different shapes and sizes in your landscape design.

Use for Ground Cover:

The best way to use landscape stones is for ground cover. If you have areas of your landscape that need to be filled in with some ground cover, small or large river rocks, black lava rocks, Mexican beach pebbles, or any other small rocks that match your landscaping style can be used. These small landscaping stones are also ideal for use in garden beds as an alternative to mulch or for filling in the ground around potted plants. Unlike soil, mulch, or plants, using stones as ground cover means there is no maintenance required.

Use for Edging:

The second, and perhaps most common way to use decorative stone is as edging and borders. Medium-size stones, such as Tennessee cobblers and river flats, rip rap, or Wisconsin cobblers, can be used to create a stone border between garden beds and lawns or for bordering a walkway. Similarly, larger stones, such as granite boulders, Belgium block edgers, or featherock lightweight boulders, would make for an excellent tall border between spaces in your landscape that you want to make distinct from each other. Stones make an ideal separator between areas, and when used as edging, they make a space feel finished and complete.

Use to Create Walkways:

You can also use decorative stones to create walkways. While medium cobblers and large boulders can be used to border a walkway, flat, large stones such as flagstone, like laurel mountain, gray, or brown, would make for an excellent walkway surface. Alternatively, you could use smaller pavers or steppers to create pathways throughout your landscape, connect spaces, and more. Additionally, if your landscape has a small rise in the ground, you can use rustic buff natural steps or canyon gray natural steps to create a beautiful, natural-looking stone staircase. 

Use to Create a Rock Wall:

Another way to use decorative stones is to create a rock wall. Wall stones, such as brown creek garden, laurel mountain, or rustic buff, can be used to build a rock wall to define spaces, build a retaining wall, or surround a patio or firepit area. Once you’ve created a rock wall, you can plant climbing or cascading plants that will add color and softness to the wall’s design.

Use to Build Settings:

Finally, you can use decorative stones to build settings and structures in a landscape, such as fire pits, sitting areas, ponds, and water features, or simply as an accent. Stones can be used for a sitting area with a three-piece stone bench kit, like canyon gray benches. If a water feature is something you desire, you could use a bubbling boulder, which makes for a wonderful mini waterfall in a peaceful garden.

If you’re looking to enhance the beauty and functionality of your landscape using decorative stones, contact JJBM Landscaping and Tree Removal today. Our team of experts can help you choose the right stones that match your landscaping style and purposes. Contact us now to request a quote and schedule a consultation!

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