Stone garden

User: Corinthians
Posts 50

I'd never opt for gravel over grass. We run our sprinklers off well wated, so it's just not that big a deal.

User: mike
Posts 50

If you want to actually do anything in your yard -- bbqs, frisbee, etc. -- then grass is the only way to go.

User: peter
Posts 50

If I lived out West I might get into low water landscaping, but I still say that for the rest of the US nothing beats good old-fashioned grass.

User: thor
Posts 50

That's a good idea, but you have to take your climate into account. In Florida, you need to periodically rake through stone and gravel gardens to keep them from growing mildew/mold. In my book that makes them not so low maintenance.

User: SallyDP
Posts 100

One of my friends lives in El Paso, TX, and she arranged her garden in a way that it doesn't require a lot of water. So, with stones of different sizes and colors, she did a pretty nice design. She also found a few pieces of trunks of trees, and she has them there as seats. It really looks nice, with some cactuses here and there. It is a nice stone garden for the desert climate.