Beautifully designed wood bridges can serve as a unique focal point in a backyard garden. They are a great solution for properties with poor drainage
Elevate your outdoor space with creative DIY dry creek landscaping ideas. Transform your yard into a natural masterpiece. Discover inspiration now!
Specialising in design & construction of natural water features: garden ponds, streams, dry creek beds and cottage, native, Japanese gardens in Melbourne.
Specialising in design & construction of natural water features: garden ponds, streams, dry creek beds and cottage, native, Japanese gardens in Melbourne.
A swale, a pretty word for ditch or trench, carries and slows runoff water, improving its...
Tropical Rock Pool Transform your front yard into a tropical paradise with a rock pool surrounded by palm trees and vibrant tropical plants. The sound of the water feature adds a calming presence, making it a sunny afternoon retreat. It’s a luxurious touch that’s surprisingly easy to maintain.
Elevate your outdoor space with creative DIY dry creek landscaping ideas. Transform your yard into a natural masterpiece. Discover inspiration now!
I simply adore Bruce John Riddell’s work. His office is in Bar Harbor, Maine and they do the most amazingly beautiful natural landscapes. This terraced slope is a beautiful work of art both in planting selections and in the stones used to sculpt the hillside. Creating a cultivated version of nature itself in this already […]
Interested in renovating your garden? Nothing is more stunning than these dry river bed landscaping ideas that you can implement in your yard.
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No one has to live with those ugly gullies that hard rains leave behind. When you’ve got a spot where runoff is ruthlessly washing away everything in its path, there’s […]
Elevate your outdoor space with creative DIY dry creek landscaping ideas. Transform your yard into a natural masterpiece. Discover inspiration now!
Dry Creek Bed gardens are a great way to add beauty even in a very arid area. And dry creek bed garden can be used just as effectively in areas with good rainfall - you simply need to select appropriate plants. And you won't need to hire experts for these home improvement ideas.
Dry riverbeds can be a very ornamental addition to a low water use garden, or they can be horribly ugly! Here are a few things to think about when planning a dry riverbed: This first image is an actual dry stream. Instinctively, we know when we are looking at something designed by nature, but what are we actually seeing here? Paying attention to nature can make all the difference between a dry streambed that looks awful and one that increases the curb appeal of your home. 1) Streams happen at low spots because that is how water flows. Because of this, your streambed needs to be carved out in a gentle "u" shape. This sounds obvious but is the most overlooked element of a well designed dry riverbed. 2) Water sculpts real streams. In times when the stream is high, it carves away at the streambank, leaving behind larger boulders that are carved into the banks, not placed next to them! 3) As the water flow lessens through the spring, the heavier cobbles fall out of the flow, getting deposited towards the outside of the streambed while the middle of the stream is still flowing. As this continues, the middle of the stream becomes a pattern of smaller cobbles and gravel. A common mistake is only using one size of smaller material for the center of the stream. Here are a few examples, some better than others: This is a pretty high quality artificial streambed. The side boulders are fairly artistically arranged and they have used varying sizes of cobbles in the stream. It has the "u" shape and this allows for the small bridge. This one is what the industry refers to as a necklace because the boulders are strung along the edges without any breaks. Natural streams do not do this. Also, the cobble in the center is all large an the same size. This stream is not bad but a few small changes would have made it significantly more natural: a deeper dug out "u" shape and more rounded boulders. Boulders along a stream have been eroded by the water so they have sinuous soft shapes, not hard edges. This dry river does a few odd things. It is not dug out at all so it looks like the gravel is scattered on the ground like a pathway. The boulders are quite angular and they have created little dams using ledgestones, which don't look at all like something a stream would naturally do since ledgestones are very angular and not at all weathered looking. At least it isn't a necklace, and the accompanying plantings are quite nice.
Dry Creek Bed gardens are a great way to add beauty even in a very arid area. And dry creek bed garden can be used just as effectively in areas with good rainfall - you simply need to select appropriate plants. And you won't need to hire experts for these home improvement ideas.
A dry creek bed garden is a great way to add a rustic, natural feel to any garden. Discover inspiring ideas for your garden.
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I really wanted to put a dry river bed here - eventually to go up the edge of the lawn as a border - but definitely down in front of the lower garden. I read several blogs about how to do this project (most claiming to do one in a weekend!), but I knew I would have to end up doing it my way…the way I always do it…on the fly!
If you have a pond or a creek in your yard you might need a well-built bridge. Browse throughout these neat Garden Bridge Designs we've compiled for you.
Elevate your outdoor space with creative DIY dry creek landscaping ideas. Transform your yard into a natural masterpiece. Discover inspiration now!
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cost of project was under $10. Built out of landscape timbers (which were on sale in the spring for $1 so I stock up for projects) and 6' fence pickets. I have…
A dry creek bed garden is a great way to add a rustic, natural feel to any garden. Discover inspiring ideas for your garden.
Interested in renovating your garden? Nothing is more stunning than these dry river bed landscaping ideas that you can implement in your yard.
