Gravel garden
Free-draining, low-water, beautifully informal.
A gravel garden swaps lawn for a free-draining mulch of stone, with drought-tolerant plants threaded through it. It needs almost no watering or mowing, copes with poor soil, and self-seeds into a relaxed, naturalistic look. It is one of the lowest-maintenance ways to plant a sunny, open space.
Key features
Every Gravel garden is built from a few signature elements. These are the details that define the look — and exactly what you drag onto your own 2D plan in LushAI, then render photorealistically.
- ✓A deep gravel mulch over a permeable membrane or bare soil
- ✓Drought-tolerant, sun-loving plants in drifts, not rows
- ✓Self-seeding allowed for a soft, natural spread
- ✓A few large boulders or a path to give structure
Colour palette
Silvers, soft greens and gravel buff, with purple and yellow flower accents.
Materials
Angular or rounded gravel, boulders, stone or stepping-stone paths.
Plants that suit this style
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