Try these beautiful-looking river rock landscaping ideas in your front and backyard to improve the overall look and feel.
All the ideas are simple to set up and low maintenance.
Just clean the weeds or dirt once a month if there is any and your landscape design will shine.
So with that here are those landscaping ideas.
1. Build a Water Feature
River rocks shine when water flowers over them.
Set up a small water feature in your backyard and then add small rocks in there to reduce the dirt and let the water flow beautifully.
Here it would be best if you had a small pump to let the water continuously flow over the stone.
2. Edge your Pond with River Rocks
If you have a small pond in your front yard then edge it with river rocks.
You can set up a small water feature here to make it more attractive.
3. Lay those Rocks in the Garden
Lay those tiny rocks in your garden beneath the plants then add some big stones as a walkway.
This will do two things, one it will help reduce the weeds and dirt build up in the garden, and two, make the area look cleaner.
You can also edge your garden with rocks to separate different kinds of plants.
4. Build a Beautiful Walkway
Build a walkway with river rocks. Lay those black pebbles in the walkway and add some big stone pavers for this design.
Fill the empty space with brown rocks so the area looks cleaner and weeds do not grow often.
5. Paint the Rocks
You can also decorate the yard by painting the rocks at home. However, you can buy the rocks online.
But I recommend you paint them yourself.
That way the design will look more creative and eye-catching. Then lay them around your yard.
6. Use White Rocks
Lay while rocks in your walkway to improve the look and feel.
Mix them with big rocks for this design.
7. Build a Drain Line
Build a small drain line in the yard. When the rain falls it will look awesome.
Plus, edge the area with bricks so that rocks do not get scattered all over the yard.
8. Build a Beautiful Water Fountain
Set up the rocks in a way that makes a design and set a water fountain in the middle of it. It will look nice.
9. Lay the Rocks Around the Pool
You can also lay those tiny rocks around your pool to help battle with the weeds, mud, and the moisture.
The pool area will look good and it will keep the area in check.
Your maintenance work will be less if you lay rocks there.
10. Separate Your Garden Area with Rocks
Separate our garden areas with river rocks. Lay them as wakway and that will make it look good.
Plus the rocks will reduce the mud build up and help the areas look much cleaner than any other things.
Although laying black or brown mulch will also do the same thing, but the rocks will add a touch of elegance to the area. So try it now.
Last Words
So these are the best river rock landscaping ideas for your front and backyard.
Some are low maintenance and easy to set up but some will take a good amount of effort to manage.
So keep that in mind while choosing a design. I wish you the best of luck.
Featured image: cultivar413 on Flickr