Rock gardens

Rock gardens

A rock garden, or rockery, with its layers of large rocks and colourful alpine plants, can make a very striking feature if put together correctly, resembling a rocky outcrop on a mountain or cliff face, it is an ideal way to link different garden levels. One of the most important features of a rockery is that it should look like a natural rocky outcrop rather than a heap of large stones with plants growing on it. This requires considerable skill in selecting the site and the stones, and in laying the stones so that they look as though they belong together.

Very little soil should be visible in a rockery - it should be packed into crevices between the rocks and perhaps covered with a layer of gravel or grit. This will not only disguise its presence but will also help to retain moisture in Summer.

As with so many features in the garden, it is vitally important to choose the correct site for a rockery or rock garden. Although you can build a rockery on flat ground, it is difficult to ensure a natural look, and it is much better if you can build the feature into the surface of an existing slope in your garden. This should be a sunny position, not be in full shade, nor should it be under threes, which will drip rainwater on to the alpine plats.

The site and the rockery itself should be well drained and the foundations firm.

Green Onion Landscaping, with their knowledge of the most suitable plants and materials, will construct you a beautiful rock garden. We will use the best rocks and gravel to create you the perfect setting and ideal drainage for your alpine and rockery plants.

Bulbs and small shrubs can enhance the colour and texture of your rockery throughout the year making the perfect rockery scene within your garden month on month.

If you would like a beautiful rock garden or rockery building then give us a call. We can build rockeries anywhere in Teesside or the Tees Valley including, Middlesbrough, Darlington or Stockton on Tees or anywhere in the North East.

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