Rock garden in Malaysia is not as common as other landscaping concept such as tropical garden and modern garden design. This could be either many of us was not aware the benefits of this concept or maybe because people just prefer more greenery than rocks. Rock gardens have it own style which is simply a formation with mix of rocks, stones and plot of flowers. They are actually the perfect eye catching spot because the rocks itself are so beautiful and unique. Rocks and water can form a great pairing when a rock garden includes a small pond or water features. People mostly relate a rock garden to the Japanese rock garden which is also called Zen garden. The Japanese recognized that rocks arrangement would able to create calming and meditative effects.
In today lifestyle, rock garden would be the perfect concept if you are looking for low maintenance garden landscaping. Having more rocks to replace grassy areas can save time and awkward. Meaning that, once the landscaping is done, you can step back and enjoy your garden. Probably just occasionally do some watering or perhaps removing weeds once awhile compared to other kind of landscaping which you might need more labor hours to maintain more plants and grass.
Some experts advise that the best place to build a natural look rock garden is when there is some slope in your garden. It also helps to provide anchors and shelters for plants and same time to prevent soil erosion. However, building a rock garden on a flat ground still can look fantastic if the design able to blend in the landscaping. In this case, more variety of rocks and stones are used and they are arranged to different sizes to scattering around to create the natural looking setting.
Although a rock garden looks simple to build but do not forget that rock garden is dryer than any other garden landscapes. When having more rocks than grass in the garden, it is very important to choose the right plants and flower to grow. The soil below the rocks is also must be right to suit the dryer condition of the rock garden otherwise plants will not grow. A professional landscaper would know best in this case and knowledgeable enough to set a practical rock garden that looks great at all time.
