anyone know how to create a river of beach stones in their front yard for landscaping?

Answer 1

I did a dry river bed for a client that did not want to bother with slimy algae water.
I dug the river bed, lined it with landscape paper, after putting down weed killer.
Then I set the river stones upright like dominoes in the river bed, the stones were about 8" wide by 12" long.
The 8" side were shoulder to shoulder and then lapped in rows like roof shingles.
When the dry river bed was finished I lined the banks with flat roughly cut rocks. These were stacked about two high, and adjusted to three high when needed to form the bank, them the river stones were used again, lade flat to cover the rest of the bank.
But before I did all that stone work, I placed several CLUMPING bamboos and some ornamental grasses in the area.
When I was done I found a stone Pagoda on sale at a garden shop and put it on an imaginary point of "land" on the bank of my dry river bed.
A yard stick, some string and landscape spikes for markers.
Most especially a strong mind and back and You will do just fine!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 2

You have to get enough of those plastic tubes to separate the grassy or mulchy area from your river of beach stones. Depending on the length of your faux river purchase such plastic divider (one for to divide grassy zones would work too).

Draw using spray paint your lines for the river. Tap the plastic tube in the ground. Line the area to be covered with stones with black plastic liner (if you need to do yearly clean up, you can save the river rocks if you line the bottom like this, since they won't get lost or dug in dirt). Fill with the rocks. Make sure you have enough of a curve for aesthetically pleasing look; and also enough rocks to cover the plastic liner underneath.

Add some spot lights (they now have solar ones with no electrical lines to hide) headed down your river for night interest. Add some bushed around, outside the parameters of the river and add spot lights on these bushes.

You can purchase river-themed accessories to put on your river, like iron frogs etc... for interest.

Have fun!

Answer 3

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