The addition of natural stone boulders provides variety and character to any style of outdoor landscaping. With KRC Rock’s transportation and precision boulder placement services, you can pick out the boulders of your choice and have them placed where you desire.
Here are some helpful tips to picking out boulders that are right for your landscape!
Shape
Simply put, boulders are generally available in two shapes:
1. Round, such as water-washed or river run granite. The surface stone is generally decomposing granite and sandstones.
2. Angular, which have jagged, blasted edges and flat faces. With columnar, boxy or rectangular shapes, these boulders may be composed of, but not limited to, granite, quartzite, sandstone and basalt.
Color
Contrary to what you might think, boulders are available in many colors, including various shades of pink, gold, brown, gray, tan, green and many combinations in between.
Size
We’ve developed a simple, yet effective way to “size up” your landscape rock. Before you come out to our yard,
· Fill plastic trash bags of various sizes with crumpled newspaper creating ‘boulders’ of the size you think would work into your landscape design
· Place these in the areas where you would like to have the boulders. A good rule of thumb is placing your boulders in odd numbers and groupings, with varying sizes
· Record the dimensions, (height, width and depth) of your ‘boulders’ and bring these with you when making your selections at our yard
Placement
It’s important that your stones and boulders be stable and secure. The general rule is to place approximately 1/3 of the boulder below grade.
Transportation
If the boulders are small enough you may be able to use a wheelbarrow or one of our “Rock Dollies.” For larger boulders, KRC Rock’s experienced equipment operators will deliver and place the boulders in your landscape using our custom boulder placement cranes.
Call 1-800-KRC-ROCK.
