What should be put under the garden stones?

Garden stones are highly decorative elements that allow you to add different colors and textures to the outside of a house. They are used by the most avant-garde decorators and are also perfect for bringing life to classic settings.

Advantages of garden stones

When we decorate with stone, we get several benefits.

• The most obvious is that you don't have to care for plants that, although very beautiful, require maintenance for which not everyone has the time or skill.
• In addition, stone is durable and never goes out of style.
• It is an affordable material, although it comes in different qualities.
• Changing the decor is easier than if you work with other materials.

However, so that these advantages do not disappear in the medium term, you have to take care of what we place under the garden stones. That is why it is important to know the complete process of laying them and to know what materials are used.

Laying garden stones with all guarantees

The first thing you should do when you are going to use decorative stone is measure the surface on which you are going to work and calculate how much material you will need. It is also advisable to start only when you have a clear idea of what the final project will look like. Otherwise you could end up with too much or too little material or with some kind of aesthetic problem that is always easier to solve on paper.

Once the surface has been measured and the project designed, this is what you should do to make sure the ground under the garden stones is in perfect condition.

1. Pull out roots and plants growing in it. In a later step we will make sure that new plants do not take root, but it is crucial to remove the ones that are already there. Be thorough, as the appearance of green leaves among the garden stones tends to ruin the decorative effort.
2. Make sure the ground has adequate drainage. If it does not, it could flood in the event of rain, with the consequent negative effect on your project. Water accumulation can dirty your decorative stones or, in extreme cases, it could alter the design you have created and that has taken so much work to place.
3. Place a anti-germination mesh . Ideally, it should cover all or most of the surface where you are going to place the stones, so that weeds or wild plants do not grow and ruin your design later on. The mesh not only prevents plants from sprouting, but also keeps the stones from mixing with soil. In this way, they stay clean and in good condition for longer and require less maintenance. It is essential that you choose a safe mesh that affects nothing other than the surface where you place it and that it decomposes in the long term so that it does not harm the environment. It is true that the latter will affect your decoration, but only, as we said, in the very long term. In any case, although the maintenance of garden stones is minimal, it is a good idea to change them and renew the garden from time to time. If you use recycled plastic edging, this change will be easier.

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