16 Ideas for Pretty Rockeries
Rock gardens can add a fabulous feature to any outdoor plot. Let these designs inspire you...
Sarah Alcroft
10 July 2020
Houzz UK Editorial Team
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Rockeries are back in vogue. According to The Guardian, garden designers and retailers have seen a renewed interest in these classic features over the past year. It’s easy to see why: whether to add height and structure, make use of spoil from digging out a pond, or simply to create a low-maintenance and wildlife-friendly feature, rockeries can offer interest in any garden.
Big or small, structured or informal, minimal or tumbling with life – which style appeals to you? Take a look at this varied selection for ideas.
Rockeries are back in vogue. According to The Guardian, garden designers and retailers have seen a renewed interest in these classic features over the past year. It’s easy to see why: whether to add height and structure, make use of spoil from digging out a pond, or simply to create a low-maintenance and wildlife-friendly feature, rockeries can offer interest in any garden.
Big or small, structured or informal, minimal or tumbling with life – which style appeals to you? Take a look at this varied selection for ideas.
2 Cleve West, photographed by Chris Snook
4 Phil Hirst Garden Design
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6 PR Collins Landscapes
Tour a garden where pretty terraces have transformed a shallow, sloping plot.
Tour a garden where pretty terraces have transformed a shallow, sloping plot.
16 B&D Rockeries
Tell us…
Which of these rockeries appeals to you? Or do you already have one in your garden? Share your thoughts and photos in the Comments.
Tell us…
Which of these rockeries appeals to you? Or do you already have one in your garden? Share your thoughts and photos in the Comments.
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Number 8 (Glasgow) is lovely,such a welcoming winding entrance and very natural looking.
I'm not a fan of staged levels such as number 6-to me rockeries should place star emphasis on plants then secondary emphasis on the complimentary rocks.
As the first comment says, they should be well buried in order to look natural.
I found number 8 to my liking because of its natural feel. I think living in Australia has me appreciating a more random, less planned look much as we see in nature here. An untamed element, I think.
I agree no.8 appeals to me and I am Australian. I like large boulders swathed in soft plants tumbling together on a slope.