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- Great tips for the design of the gravel bed
- How should the bed look?
- How is this effect achieved?
- The pase filling material
- Tips
With pebbles you can make very elegant beds
Great tips for the design of the gravel bed
Gravel patches are also becoming increasingly popular in German gardens and front gardens. The charm of the interesting combination of stones and ornamental plants, which lean against alpine, Mediterranean or Japanese natural spaces and greenery, can hardly elude a garden friend. When designing, however, there are some things to keep in mind so that the future care effort is really limited and the plants still thrive.
How should the bed look?
Already before the actual installation you have to be aware of which natural space the later optics should lean on. This is the only way to create a harmonious, self-contained overall impression. The following variants are the most common:
How is this effect achieved?
While in Japanese gardens, the interaction of stones, water elements and plants for the pebble bed makes the special charm, determines the characteristic planting the look of the Mediterranean bed.
Gravel banks and randomly scattered large stones mimic the natural areas in the mountains in addition to the typical mountain plants. Often, this pebble bed, which is ideally created slightly beveled, therefore referred to as rock garden.
Heavily structured and extremely understated, the formally designed bed presents itself and thus fits very well with modern garden design.
The pase filling material
The effect of the bed is largely determined by the selected gravel. In addition to ornamental gravel with a rounded surface, you can also fall back on angular ornamental chippings. He seems less harmonious; However, that has its own charm.
The most popular types of gravel include:
If you want a clear demarcation to paths and surrounding garden areas, you can also set edge stones. Simple concrete blocks or metal rails are very suitable as a border for the pebble bed. So even the later mowing of the adjacent green area is not a problem.
Tips
A pebble bed does not necessarily have to be laid out in a sunny, rather dry garden area. Very attractive is a stream, which is included in the bed. Large stones imitate the natural damp area, to which the planting is tuned.