Boulders are results of the Ice Age. Today, for example, the huge stones cut a fine figure as a design element in the garden.
If you want to enhance your garden with particularly attractive natural stones, it is best to use a boulder. These natural stones are not only real eye-catchers in the garden, they usually also tell a story. After all, boulders are stones that were transported through glaciers during the ice ages and placed in their current position. They lie there until they are found and sold. Hence the name "foundlings".
We would now like to give you a few tips on how to choose the right boulder for your garden and how to set the scene and care for it later.
Further processing of the boulder
Before a boulder finds its way into our garden, it is usually subjected to a special treatment in specialist shops. Not only to make its splendor perfect, but often also to make true works of art out of it. Each boulder is unique in itself and therefore one of a kind!
When processing boulders, spring basins, spring stones, obelisks, columns and steles are primarily created. On special customer request, however, special shapes such as balls, animals, flowers, etc. are often carved out of stone. However, boulders can also be used to create beautiful water features. For example, they can be used as water dispensers or as basins. Several boulders draped on top of each other also create a beautiful garden waterfall.
Selecting the right boulder
It is best to always give preference to solitaire stones, which are no longer only available in garden shops from the riverbeds and mountains of Germany, but can also come from Asia, South America, etc. As a result, you can find quite exotic boulders in a wide variety of colors and patterns (marbling) on the market. Moon and Amazon stones, for example, are very popular, as are ocean, tube, marble and granite stones.
But consider: Depending on its age, a single boulder can easily weigh over 100 kilograms up to 800 kilograms and more!The price for a boulder is also based on this. So it mostly depends on the weight and the varieties. So if you don't want to spend too much money on a boulder, it's best to ask the dealer for advice.
Tips for designing with boulders
➤ Tip 1 - set up the boulder as a "sculpture":
You can set up a boulder anywhere in your garden - it will always magically draw everyone's attention. However, you can attract even more attention to it if you place it in a targeted manner in the garden. For example, you could set up a particularly large boulder on fine gravel. It then looks particularly elegant and graceful.
➤ Tip 2 - Integrate the boulder in the flower/herb bed:
But you can also stage a boulder in a different way. For example, you can integrate it into a flower bed or into your herb garden. Just place it in the bed and then plant grass, flowers, etc. around it to make it look like the stone has always been there.
➤ Tip 3 - Enhance your garden pond with a boulder:
If you have a relatively shallow garden pond, you can upgrade it with a boulder. Simply place somewhere in the pond, add a few smaller stones and maybe some pond plants around it and you've created a real eye-catcher.
Tips for caring for boulders
➤ Tip 1:
Especially when the boulders come into frequent contact with water, green algae quickly settle on them. It is best to scrub these off twice a year with a simple brush.
➤ Tip 2:
You should also make sure that you wash animal droppings (e.g. from birds) off your boulder as soon as possible. If necessary, you can also clean your boulder with a special natural stone cleaner, for example if there is moss formation and the like.