No. 43 Gardens · Desert & Southwest
Desert Rock Garden with Weathered Boulders
Golden late-afternoon light illuminates a desert rock garden featuring native agave, barrel cacti, and low succulents nestled among large boulders and reddish gravel alongside an earth-toned stucco home with a timber porch.
Design notes
Desert and Southwest design is shade, earth and sky. Look for stucco or adobe in earthy tones, flat roofs with deep overhangs, decomposed granite and gravel instead of lawn, and planting of agave, yucca, saguaro, ocotillo, palo verde and desert wildflowers. Corten steel, concrete and rammed earth handle the sun; ramadas, shade sails and pergolas make midday usable; and lighting stays low so the stars can compete.
What to look for
- Path width and bed width — can you reach and can a wheelbarrow pass
- Where the water is and how far the kitchen door is
- Edges and structure that still look good in winter
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