| Garden lovers can be so passionate about the | | | | more vibrant yellow and red shades, from soft |
| outdoor retreats they create that they get lost in | | | | grays streaked with green lichen and moss to |
| daydreams about plants and gardening design | | | | nearly black, there's a palette of colors which you |
| themes for most of their waking hours. And for | | | | can mix or match when landscaping with boulders |
| these people, landscaping with boulders can | | | | to produce a variety of effects. Color has a |
| provide a spectacular outlet for their creative | | | | strong influence on mood, so you can use |
| instincts. Boulders, by their sheer mass, make | | | | boulders to transform different areas of your |
| magnificent focal points for any garden setting | | | | garden into calming, or energizing places. |
| Have A Plan | | | | If you'd like to add an Oriental look to your |
| Landscaping with boulders demands significant | | | | garden, landscaping with boulders is a very |
| advance planning, however, simply because the | | | | effective way to achieve one. A single smooth |
| boulders are so difficult to move. The boulders | | | | white boulder in a bed of small stones will evoke a |
| should be the first things positioned in a garden | | | | peacefully flowing stream. |
| and their oppositions should be permanent, with all | | | | A strategically positioned series of descending |
| the other landscaping elements planned around | | | | boulders can create visions of a waterfall; if you |
| them. | | | | are lucky enough to have a stream in your |
| Designing With Levels | | | | garden, you can even create an actual waterfall |
| Landscaping with boulders will give you the | | | | by landscaping with boulders. |
| opportunity to add distinct levels to your garden. | | | | You can get advice on how to position the |
| You'll have to select the best areas in your | | | | boulders from the company which supplies them; |
| garden to develop into levels, and then define | | | | the experts in landscaping with boulders [ will even |
| each level with groups of from three to seven | | | | suggest which end of the boulder should be kept |
| boulders of different sizes. | | | | exposed for its interest. Their staff will assist you |
| Using Boulder Textures and Colors To Create | | | | in placing the boulders when they deliver them. |
| Effects | | | | Their fascinating shapes, subtle striking colors and |
| Boulders of different minerals will add different | | | | solidity mean that by landscaping with boulders |
| textures and colors to your garden and you can | | | | you'll add an air of permanence to your garden, |
| group them in similar colors for a large area of | | | | making of it a place where your gardening |
| visual impact. From calming white and ivories to | | | | dreams are truly "cast in stone"! |