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More on Rock Gardens:
Rock gardens are once again in style, because they really fit today's lifestyle with limited time for gardening. They're perfect focal point areas because the rocks themselves are so beautiful and look good year round. Rocks and water are a natural pairing, so a rock garden surrounding a small pond or waterfall can be a great investment. You can choose local rocks, big specimen rocks, imported rocks of a special color to suit your surroundings – checking around with local quarries or building supply dealers will reveal a wide array of choices. You can even grow Rock Stars® without using any rocks at all. All About Rock Gardens
There are as many different kinds of rock gardens are there are rock gardeners. While rock gardens can be broken down into a number of distinctive styles and types, don't feel boxed in by these when you create your own statement. Your garden, your rocks and your choice of plants are completely unique to you, so give some thought as to what might best fit your surroundings, your dream and your lifestyle.
There was much interest in Farrer's method and approach to creating large-scale, naturalistic settings for growing alpine plants. But even in the early 1900s, in the days of cheap labour, gardening on this kind of scale was limited to the wealthy and to institutions such as botanical gardens. It's hard to imagine the physical effort that went into constructing a huge rock garden without the aid of modern equipment. A good many of the large rock gardens created during this period survive to this day. For a much more complete history of rock gardening, see the North American Rock Garden Society website.
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