If you want to beautify your garden, but you don’t want to spend a lot of money, rocks and stones can be a great solution for you. They’re almost everywhere so you can spend no effort to find them. In this post, we’ve gathered 10 creative projects using stones that will add some color and personality to your garden.
1. Stone Garden Edging
Create an elegant look in your garden with stone edging. Remember whatever wire/cable you use, make sure it’s strong enough to keep the weight of the rocks. (Image via Green Landscapes to Envy)
2. Stepping Stones
These stepping stones are a wonderful way to make a personalized pathway or to add to your landscape as a decorative feature. (Image via Flickr)
3. Make a Water Feature
Add a new dimension to your garden with this charming water feature. (Instructions: BHG)
4. Painted Rock Garden Markers
Painting rocks to make these stone garden markers is a fun art projects to do outdoors with kids. (Instructions: Crafts by Amanda)
5. Wire and Stone Heart
Beautify your garden with this easy craft project made from wire and pebbles. (Instructions: Love the Country)
Those stepping stones shaped like butterflies are adorable. I love how each one is different just like real butterflies. This is a great idea for our yard because we need a little path from our porch to the kids playhouse in the back. I’ll be sure to follow your link to figure out how to do this, thank you!
I love the ideas. Get’s one thinking. We have a lot not so smooth rocks though…
Thanks for the help with garden decorating! I have been trying to find new ways to make my garden more beautiful and friendly. I really like the idea of painting rock garden markers like you have shown in that picture. That could be awesome for my garden, I will have to give it a try.
So many unique ideas I can’t wait to try them
I made the Rock Concert stone art, I love it.
I thought these were all great tips on how to use stone as a garden decorating theme. I especially liked your suggestion to use stepping stones as a unique way to decorate. I am a big fan of decorating ideas that also have a functional purpose to them.
Thanks for the great garden decorating tips. The stones in the wire heart is a great looking piece. That would be awesome to hang in my garden somewhere, and it doesn’t look that hard to make either!