River rock often plays a practical role in gardens and landscapes. Here are a dozen ways to use this natural material for ...

Stones and rocks offer a durable landscaping feature that minimizes maintenance. Various sizes of rocks offer unique ...

Chances are your garden is filled with plants, flowers, and maybe even vegetables or perennial herbs. But have you ever considered incorporating a rock garden into your outdoor oasis? A rockery has ...

From the mountains to the desert and back to the Pacific Ocean, Southern California rocks in more ways than one. Yards, especially in communities hugging the foothills, are filled with them. Anyone ...

THERE ARE plenty of rock garden designs you can pick from and use to design your rock garden. Mention of new age gardens and landscaping cannot be complete without the mention of rock gardens. Rock ...

Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. Does your yard have a hard-to-mow slope? Or, if ...

Rocks are big in landscape design, and big rocks in a landscape are huge. Rocks add drama to the garden; their mere size and surface -- chiseled or weathered -- create a sense of timelessness and age.

I wrote recently about the Australian Rock Garden at the Arboretum & Botanic Garden at UC Santa Cruz, as a resource for home gardeners. For today’s column, we’ll outline the history, design and ...

I wrote recently about the Australian Rock Garden at the Arboretum & Botanic Garden at the University of California, Santa Cruz, as a resource for home gardeners ...