Best tips for landscaping small gardens with natural stone

Tips for landscaping small gardens

When entering a property, garden is the first thing you will notice, an influencing element for the overall ambience of your home, because nothing beats a beautifully landscaped garden in terms of first impression. The garden is your little corner of nature from an urban turmoil, a space that fills you with energy. Therefore, keep in mind our landscaping tips, for an added value to your home.

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Most of the time, you will never be fortunate enough with space that makes possible your own relaxation oasis. Nevertheless, all you need is some exterior design tricks for maximizing the space so that you can have a genuine Garden of Eden in your house!

Natural stone is the best choice for your small garden, because of its many uses, with natural color variation conveying a feeling of natural, raw and larger space. Here are some ideas you can take advantage when landscaping a small garden.

Exterior paving

Natural stone pavers are very popular if you want to convey a strong visual impact in any garden. Nevertheless, you should use them with creativity. If you have a small space, you will probably wish, first of all, to have as much grass as possible and stay away from paving. But what about the situation when you really want to integrate the pavers as well?

Our suggestion is this: have Tumbled Japanese Garden Steps or Riven Japanese steps as natural stone elements of your garden! Both products integrate perfectly with any house design, but also with any color / materials selected for finishing. These represent an elegant passing, in harmony with nature, between the house exterior and green garden. Beside their aesthetic value, Japanese steps are also very durable, require minimum aftercare and if sealed with special waterproofing solutions, you will have them on your lawn for a long time.

Landscape your garden with style

Your small garden does not allow excessive decorations? Don't worry, you don't even have to include much, but amazing objects! There are many eye-catching elements from natural stone, able to convey creativity and style into your space. For example, Desert Yellow Marble Pebble allows you to have shapes inspired by flowers or trees. You can also use these elements for filling different spaces, such as gabions, complementing them with an exotic and stylish air.

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The pure white shades of White Thassos Marble add somptuosity and distinction to your exterior design. Decoration of fences / borders with these elements will be such an easy and enjoyable task and your creativity is unlimited. You can have white marble pebble for separating the flower beds, landscaping alleys or even complementing the children's playgrounds.

Includes functional elements of impact

When you have a small garden, most of the time you don't even think about how to landscape it, just to avoid cluttering it with elements. Yet, the most important feature of a garden should be functionality. What if we told you that functionality can be combined with design elements?

For example, we can include free standing water fountains. These will be eye-catcher simply by being sumptuous and having a unique design, but also by special variation. Above all, these are extremely practical items, because are able to cool any day of summer in an instant! The sandstone free standing water fountain is perfect for small gardens and its sallow color can be integrated into any type of design. This is connected with existing water supplies and are installed on an upright support. On the other hand, a granite free standing water fountain is more compact and powerful, which makes it just as suitable for your available space. Besides, it is hand made and granite provides an amazing durability over time.

Have you already imagined a plan for landscaping your garden? We are confident that our ideas are easy to match with your space and design. All you have to do is visit our website and decide on your favorite items. You will definitely find something to integrate perfectly into your new garden!