Devoted garden designs by DécoR Stone.

DécoR Stone's natural stone.

Water is indispensable to human existence. We are living in a world where global water consumption has risen immensely, where some regions are facing shortage of fresh drinking water and are falling victim to substantial outbreaks of disease, under nourishment and crop failure. While some of these struggles are foreign to Australians, the reality is that eco-disaster has hit home. Extreme and irresponsible use of water has led to the deprivation of our environment, where we are facing water shortages and constant water restrictions. With such conditions and a growing population in urban areas, we can no longer afford to be totally ignorant of ecological conditions under the premise that we are safe.

Australians still have to adjust their planting systems and garden designs to counteract for increasing water shortage in urban areas. While practical and sensible landscape designers are increasingly using drought tolerant plants in their designs, more work needs to be done. The gardens that we create should mirror and manifest the Australian landscape not an alternative picturesque place. Our gardens should manifest dry and deprived regions not a flourishing and thriving one. Freeing ourselves from the concept of greenness we can come to acknowledge the more delicate ecology of Australia and learn to be inspired by its rich landscape. While plants bring sentiment to the garden, using Australian native flora will not undermine this attribute. Inspiration can be unearthed in the Australian bushland, which presents a remarkable diversity. Creating your own Australian garden can be a way of achieving harmony and tranquillity that epitomises an awareness and appreciation of the acclimatisation of Australian flora and fauna to a dehydrating and arid climate.

Using decorative pebbles and stones enhances gardens and elicits the garden's natural splendour. Integrating pebbles and stones into garden design offers the designer and landscaper a phenomenal assortment of colours, textures and shapes. For an Australiana design, DécoR Stone's Nature's Stone range has the largest range of decorative pebbles available. Australian Nature's Stone is available in different sizes, ranging from 7mm river pebbles to 600mm plus landscaping rocks, which are sourced from different parts of Australia. One preferred stone from this range, called Delatite, conveys a strong awareness and feeling of the Australian outback to your own garden.

Using the DécoR Stone stones and pebbles in your garden design is a great way to add aesthetic detail and reflect the beauty of the Australian landscape. Aiming to minimise the footprint that our way of life has left upon Australian soil, it is important to choose products that are ecologically safe. DécoR Pebble's Australian Nature's Stones are natural pebbles that are obtained under license from mining by-products and old non-viable river and creek beds, only where their mining does not cause harm to the ecosystem.