Free Ideas for Landscaping With Rock

AlpineGarden.com

• AlpineGarden.com provides a comprehensive description of rock garden definition, planning, design and installation in an article entitled "The Rock Garden." Topics include garden placement and considerations as well as site preparation. The article discusses choice of rock and the details of ordering and delivery and provides step-by-step instructions on installation. Find additional related articles on the website, including a discussion of trough gardens, which are a small container version of more traditional rock gardens. Like "The Rock Garden" article "The Trough Garden" provides detailed instructions on designing, installing and planting a trough garden.

WildGingerFarm.com

• WildGingerFarm.com provides a photo gallery of rock landscaping ideas with brief captions. The website spans rock accent gardens to crevice plantings and provides color photographs for each type discussed, and, when available, links to additional photos of particular rock garden varieties. The captions provide basic descriptions of the varieties of gardens, such as the Berm Garden, which is a type of raised garden bed with informal borders.

GreatLandscapingIdeas.com

• The GreatLandscapingIdeas.com website discusses various uses for rock and stone in the garden. From patio extensions to "hardscaping" projects (landscaping with stone or rock with softscaping is landscaping with plants), the website gives examples, provides suggestions for installation and offers information about maintenance and upkeep. The website discusses the pros and cons of rock landscaping.

Better Homes and Gardens Garden Plans

• Better Homes and Gardens website offers free downloadable garden plans for landscaping of all sorts. Included are three garden plans for rock gardens: long-blooming rock garden, spring rock garden and summer rock garden. The site provides dimensions for the plans as well as a color illustration, a diagram, a comprehensive guide to the plants and complete instructions for installing the rock garden.