Any suggestions and hints on how to do this.
Replacing grass with crushed granite.
You ll have a sturdy durable surface that will hold up to traffic and add some landscaping pizazz to your yard at the same time.
Want to replace your grass lawn with a gravel garden.
If you re looking for a green alternative to a green front lawn consider gravel for an environmentally friendly landscape that s modern.
Gravel is another alternative to grass lawn.
I have a backyard that s roughly 40 by 70.
And this like any other landscape fabric cannot be placed directly over a lawn.
The excellent agave parryi succulents flanking the facility walkway started as small infants in the crushed rock.
It does double duty by providing.
See more of this garden at before after.
Decomposed granite is like gravel but finer and generally more stable.
My thought is to put down some fabriscape landscape fabric weed barrier cover it with 2 to 3 inches of granite then pack it down with a rented compactor.
Finding ways to decrease the amount of grass in the yard can reduce.
Replacing grass with gravel isn t technically difficult you ll just need some time and some basic materials.
A 1940s suburban house grows up gracefully in mill valley ca.
Photograph by mimi giboin.
There is a wide range of stone types to choose from such as crushed granite stone pebbles river rocks decomposed granite pea gravel.
One of the most important things about laying gravel is the process of installing a weed membrane.
A decomposed granite path runs the length of a back garden and fast growing fern pines podocarpus gracilior create a privacy screen inside the back fence.
In a decomposed granite garden a mix of edibles in raised beds and also ornamentals including low water perennials and succulents exist together happily.
It s mostly dirt small stones and patches of dry grass.
There are many advantages for using these materials that include color and texture variety availability price range from inexpensive to high end and durability.
Decomposed granite to replace dead lawn.
How to change your front garden from grass to gravel.
Gravel is a good replacement for heavily traveled grass areas.
Natural decomposed granite this works best as a mulch replacement in garden beds or under a canopy of trees where plants and grasses may struggle to grow.
Cost 3 per square foot including installation for cool season grass.