DIY Projects To Try With Landscaping Stone

Is your front yard or backyard looking a little bland? Adding some decorative rocks is one way to spice up the appearance of your outdoor space. Decorative stones come in all shapes and sizes, and you can use them for a variety of do-it-yourself projects around your home. Check out some landscaping ideas featuring some of our landscaping stone types. 
Retaining Walls
If you have slopes or hills on your property, you may have noticed that specific areas are subject to erosion. Erosion can ruin your landscaping, siphon dirt away from your trees’ roots, eat away at your yard, or even pose a danger to your home’s foundation if it continues.  
You can create a retaining wall yourself using broad, flat wall stones that are effective as well as beautiful. Try the varied hues of Pocono Blend Wall Stone from Kurtz Bros., or go with the gray-hued Laurel Mountain Wall Stone. Both stone styles are chunky enough to retain dirt and hewn into shapes that fit well together when you’re constructing your DIY retaining wall.  

Flowerbeds and Garden Beds
There’s something lush and satisfying about deep vegetable beds or flower beds full of dark, rich soil; so keep that earth neat and in place with eye-catching rock walls. You can use thin slabs of Colonial Wall Stone to create perimeters around those high beds to retain the soil while allowing adequate drainage of excess rainwater.  
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