A gravel garden is simply any garden featuring a gravel mulch. You can build an environmentally friendly gravel garden by using sustainably sourced gravel and choosing native plants to grow in it.

Rock gardens and gravel paths are popular landscaping choices for homeowners. They do a great job of making an outdoor space look more polished and intentionally designed. However, these landscaping ...

Drought-tolerant plants are skyrocketing in popularity as summers get hotter and extreme events like heat domes become more frequent. Many drought-tolerant plants resist being spoiled and languish in ...

At first glance, gravel landscaping seems like the kind of project you can set and forget about. Once everything is raked and looking neat, it's easy to assume you're done. But gravel is one of those ...

Gravel and rocks can be used to add color and texture to your landscaping, are usually affordable, and can often be laid as a DIY project, so you save even more money. These paths are extremely ...

A gardener raises plants for their beauty, a botanist studies them for their biology, but in anyone who tends a garden there’s the soul of a scientist. Plants grown for delight also invite inspection ...

Whether you live in a notoriously wet climate like the Pacific Northwest or a place that gets short periods of heavy rains like Florida, it's important to have proper drainage for houseplants and in ...

GRAVEL IS A QUICK and efficient material for laying eco-friendly garden flooring, and it won’t break your back or the bank! Permeable or porous surfaces, like a gravel path or patio, allow rainfall ...

Yes, they may require 80 percent less work. But their beauty alone is reason enough to rethink the way you’re gardening now. By Margaret Roach The phrase “gravel garden” doesn’t resonate with Jeff ...