Showing posts with label dry stream beds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dry stream beds. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Finally

Like I said before, when we moved here there was a bed in the back lined with rocks.  Through the years I have found some uses for them....give them to gardening friends, use them for a sloped rock garden, and pile the rest in the side bed waiting for inspiration to hit me in the head.   So I write this with great satisfaction that I have finally figured out what to do with them!

While finishing the dishes and staring out the window at our Douglas Fir (a corner that never sat right with me)  I finally saw it.  A line or a trail if you will in the soil between the Douglas Fir and the Viburnum.  Ah yes! A dry stream bed and a purpose for all my rocks!   






The digging begins!  In the spring I hope to purchase a load of stones for the bottom of the dry stream bed.  I will also be adding and transferring plants here from my rock garden come spring.







I have small to medium rocks so I plan on grouping them together to try and get the look of big rocks along both sides of the stream.




Good excuse to head to the fall plant sale at our local Arboretum!









My daughter wanted to push our plants all by herself. 
She knows her stuff! 
Japanese Forest Grass, Beautyberry, and Amsonia









I can finally start adding plants now that I know what I am doing!
Japanese Forest Grass






My sweet Beautyberry!  A  little sprig from a larger plant...can't wait for it to grow!












I have much to do!





Some lovely examples
via Google





















Tuesday, August 23, 2011

A rock in the park...

On a recent trip to Vail Colorado with the fam, I soon realized that Coloradoans were on to something!  Beautiful gardens available for all to experience.  We stumbled across these gardens at a local park and I was blown away by the use of layering as well as the rocks in the gardens.  The park was set up for people to experience the garden by use of inviting stepping stones and paths around the perimeter of the park.
 




A stunning dry stream bed divides the space and defines the plant groupings....more dry stream bed ideas to reference below

via-FineGardening.com








via-FineGardening.com