Rock Garden

Today I want to tell you about my visit to a rock garden, or alpine slide. I arrived at the Botanical Garden on a rainy day and had already given up hope of taking beautiful photos. But within half an hour, I was no longer paying attention to the drizzle, as the alpine plants amazed me with their arrangement among the stones, boulders, and rock formations.

 

The alpine garden features all kinds of natural stones: sea or river pebbles, sandstone, limestone, crushed stone, and gravel. It's worth noting that stone is the foundation of all structures: alpine slides, rockeries, dry streams, bridges, retaining structures, and garden paths.

I liked the look of the old boulders. The gravel mixture near the plantings imitates a dry stream. The alpine slide lacks any symmetry; all the garden paths, paved with stones or tiles, twist and turn. 

 

I noted that most of the garden plants are perennials: this gives the rock garden the most natural look and saves time and effort on maintenance.

 

 

Ducks kept the rock garden in order, glaring at me to make sure I didn't disturb it.

 

The designers and gardeners at the Botanical Garden used low-growing, slow-growing conifers, combining plants with different colors and crown shapes. Furthermore, conifers can create the perfect natural environment, far removed from human intervention.

This beautiful alpine rock garden was an unexpected discovery for me.