Big stone to decorate your garden: original proposals

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Big stone to decorate your garden: a simple idea and easy to achieve! Spring has already arrived and we spend more and more time outdoors enjoying our home exteriors.

Today, we are interested in garden decoration with large stones.

Big stone to decorate his garden

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What’s more natural than decorating your garden with stones? Small or big, having a garden is a lot of luck! It does not matter if you live in a town or country house, caring for your garden is essential to make the atmosphere of your living space enjoyable. The outdoor space announces, indeed, the atmosphere that is expected to find inside.

Big stone to create a zen and harmonious garden interior

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Slate flame, also known as slate menhir, rock block, black basalt rock, yellow or white limestone block: there are many types of large ornamental stones. Each type of stone has its own aesthetic and characteristics. Buying them online or finding them yourself at the park or elsewhere is easy.

Japanese garden decorated with large stones

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Japanese-inspired garden with large pool of water

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Many are the ways of landscaping a modern outdoor space, no matter whether it is sloping or flat terrain. In this publication, we will give you 38 ideas of how to turn your small or large outdoor space into a magical sanctuary with inspirational touches by Asian culture with big stones and pebbles. We will begin by exploring what is the rock garden, then we will take an interest in the garden of Japanese inspiration and we will end up looking at the Zen garden.

A small sanctuary for meditation and relaxation

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What kind of design and decoration to choose depends on your outdoor terrain and your own desires. For those who enjoy the outdoor grounds well vegetated, the Japanese garden is a choice quite possible. For those who have a rather stony ground where plants grow with difficulty, we can consider the creation of a zen outdoors or a rock garden.

A classic Zen garden in the courtyard of a house

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Any outdoor space can be turned into a magical sanctuary

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Your garden is stony and you are looking for a suitable contemporary outdoor design? The rock garden is arguably the star of modern garden designs for areas where plants can not grow. This type of garden is inspired by the mountain landscapes and the natural appearance of the latter.

Big or small, having a beautifully decorated garden, is lucky

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Want a garden of Japanese inspiration? The presence of water basin surrounded by large stones is a must for a large part of landscaped garden exteriors and inspired by Japanese culture or Zen culture. It has been proven that waiting for the water to flow, has a relaxing and relaxing effect on our well-being. It is for this reason that any Japanese garden requires the presence of a pool of water.

Beautiful Japanese-inspired garden decorated with large stones

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Large stones are also perfect for creating garden paths of all styles. Large, worked and refined stones can be part of an urban-style garden, for example, like this one pictured below.

Urban garden idea with large stones garden path

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It is also possible to create an irregular garden path that will integrate ideally with spaces of Asian inspiration. Large stones allow the realization of a large number of varied and original compositions.

Small Japanese garden idea decorated with big stones

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The real Japanese gardens are usually large because the latter is the most important place of relaxation in the house. It is a space for deep meditation and reflection.

Large Japanese garden for meditation and relaxation

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Look at the Japanese garden below that looks like a true paradise corner:

Japanese garden: a true heavenly sanctuary

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However, it is possible to create a regular garden path in your Japanese style garden. If it is a Zen-inspired garden, remember that the harmony according to the precepts of Feng Shui consists in the imperfection and the absence of perfect harmony, the number of stones must always be odd. In this garden model, the garden path is not present.

Idea garden pathway in a contemporary Japanese garden

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What is the Zen garden and how to decorate and decorate its outdoor space in this style? It is essential to note that the Zen garden is different from the Japanese garden, the latter being more vegetated and still requiring the presence of a large pool of water. The Zen garden, as the name suggests, is inspired by the same tradition, but is minimalist and often small. It is a space for meditation, inner peace and relaxation.

Zen-inspired outdoor space idea

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Space dedicated to meditation and inner peace

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The Zen garden is a small garden of contemplation. As we have already mentioned, we do not install garden paths and curbs in a Zen garden. He is contemplated serenely, sitting on a bench or through a window.

Zen garden decorated with stones of odd number

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The Zen garden is indeed a little gem plant and preserved, designed in the city or within the walls of a temple.

Big stone for Zen-inspired garden

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The location is of paramount importance. The Zen garden can perfectly be installed in a glazed patio or between two blocks of a contemporary house. It can also be integrated in a classic style garden by providing a space for relaxation to find inner peace.

Small Zen garden with wooden bench to sit and contemplate

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Big stone and vegetation to create a real outdoor paradise

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As we already mentioned before, the Zen garden is not geometric and consists of straight lines. On the contrary, asymmetry is to be favored. In Japanese culture, it is often said that “Harmony is born of imbalance”. The number of rocks and plants must be odd. This is considered positive energy carrier.

Large garden idea decorated with pebbles and large stones

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Having a beautiful garden outdoors requires regular maintenance, in spring and summer, as well as in winter. Any space requires special care. The decoration, too, must be carefully treated. The less decorative objects, the better. To create a balanced space, you have to be very moderate and not put too many stones or furniture.

Zen garden idea with stones and sand

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The Zen Garden requires weekly maintenance

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The water basin is a must for the Zen or Japanese garden

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It is always possible to create a hybrid of the Zen garden and the Japanese garden, and moreover, to include elements of decoration and modern decoration. It all depends on your mood and the mood you want to create. It’s up to you to decide !

Idea garden bamboo and big stone panel

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In a previous article, we were interested in garden decoration with pebbles. If you want to know more, we invite you to consult our article devoted to this subject.

Large stones and pebbles for the modern Japanese garden with big stone

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Below, we see a large garden of a house in town, which was designed according to the rules of Feng Shui. As you can see, the big stones do not constitute straight lines, but on the contrary: the symmetry is absent. The vegetation is poorly presented and especially in the form of plant moss, probably the ground of this garden is stony. There is no pond or garden fountain.

Idea zen garden of classic look in the yard of a house

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For those who prefer to decorate their stony garden space symmetrically, the rock garden is then to be preferred. Below, we see a mountain-inspired garden where large blocks of stone constitute a symmetrical set:

Big stone to decorate and develop: beautiful!

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Pebbles and large stones to decorate and decorate the modern garden

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Outdoor space in modern city and Zen with wooden flooring

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Garden path with large stones and garden fountain

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Which garden fence to choose if we need one? If you have chosen a Japanese-inspired garden layout, bamboo panels are a wonderful choice for shadowing without overly influencing the natural setting. Try to hide without closing and without making your outdoor space visually smaller than it really is.

Garden path made of large stones and decorated with pebbles

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Idea of ​​garden decoration with pebbles and large stones

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Even in the inner courtyard of your urban dwelling, it is possible to create a Zen garden of contemplation, like this one:

Large stones for a Japanese-inspired garden

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Garden path with stones of a garden laid out in a courtyard

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Japanese garden with water basin of a traditional Japanese house

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