14 Gravel Garden Ideas for a Water-Wise Garden

Gravel gardens give you an attractive but low-maintenance landscaping option. Not just reserved for desertscapes, you can use gravel to create defined areas within your yard or garden, as a base for container gardens, or to provide visual interest with varying sizes and colors of rock.

Options for the fill material of gravel gardens ranges from small, pea-sized pebbles to larger rocks, including river stone or other landscaping rocks. Usually, a gravel garden replaces the top 4 to 8 inches of soil. Many plants can be grown in a gravel garden, though the most popular choices are hardy varieties with minimal watering needs. In addition to reducing your watering burden, gravel gardens are also a good choice if you want to reduce weed growth. Weeds take root far less frequently with this landscaping option.

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