See more of this garden at before after.
Replacing grass with crushed granite.
Sports fields with real grass can reduce temperature by two to four degrees.
Gravel is a good replacement for heavily traveled grass areas.
There are many advantages for using these materials that include color and texture variety availability price range from inexpensive to high end and durability.
In a decomposed granite garden a mix of edibles in raised beds and also ornamentals including low water perennials and succulents exist together happily.
The excellent agave parryi succulents flanking the facility walkway started as small infants in the crushed rock.
A decomposed granite path runs the length of a back garden and fast growing fern pines podocarpus gracilior create a privacy screen inside the back fence.
If you re looking for a green alternative to a green front lawn consider gravel for an environmentally friendly landscape that s modern.
Gravel is another alternative to grass lawn.
7 reasons to landscape with gravel lower maintenance lawns are becoming more and more popular.
Any suggestions and hints on how to do this.
Are thinking of creating gravel paths in your yard then this article is for you.
Decomposed granite is like gravel but finer and generally more stable.
Photograph by mimi giboin.
Finding ways to decrease the amount of grass in the yard can reduce.
Replacing grass with gravel isn t technically difficult you ll just need some time and some basic materials.
And this like any other landscape fabric cannot be placed directly over a lawn.
Decomposed granite to replace dead lawn.
It s mostly dirt small stones and patches of dry grass.
Natural decomposed granite this works best as a mulch replacement in garden beds or under a canopy of trees where plants and grasses may struggle to grow.
My thought is to put down some fabriscape landscape fabric weed barrier cover it with 2 to 3 inches of granite then pack it down with a rented compactor.
You ll have a sturdy durable surface that will hold up to traffic and add some landscaping pizazz to your yard at the same time.
It does double duty by providing.
I have a backyard that s roughly 40 by 70.
How to change your front garden from grass to gravel.
One of the most important things about laying gravel is the process of installing a weed membrane.
Cost 3 per square foot including installation for cool season grass.