While DG is most commonly used for paths, driveways, garden trails, and as a xeriscape ground cover, it can also be used to create smooth visual transitions between formal garden and wilderness. What are the best ways to use decomposed granite? See more of this garden in our book, Gardenista: The Definitive Guide to Stylish Outdoor Spaces.
Above: On Shelter Island, Suzanne Shaker and Pete Dandridge designed a patio with square concrete pavers set in a permeable base of decomposed granite.
Colors vary, from buff to brown, and include various shades of gray, black, red, and green. The DG sold as landscaping material is typically composed of fine three-eighths-inch (or smaller) particles some may be no bigger than a grain of sand. It’s formed from the natural weathering and erosion of solid granite, a tough, hard, igneous rock. See more of this garden at Before & After: A 1940s-Suburban House Grows Up Gracefully in Mill Valley, CA.ĭecomposed granite is like gravel, but finer and generally more stable. Is DG the right material to choose for your hardscaping project? Read on: What is decomposed granite? Above: A decomposed granite path runs the length of a back garden, and fast-growing fern pines (Podocarpus gracilior) create a privacy screen inside the back fence. Photograph by Mimi Giboin. The mulch at the base of trees that keeps the ground weed-free? DG again. The soft, natural-looking driveway, where the surface stays put? Also decomposed granite. Why? It turns out that in many ways decomposed granite (or DG, as it’s commonly called) is the ideal hardscape material: natural, permeable, aesthetically versatile, and wonderfully inexpensive.Īfter I started looking into DG, I began to notice it everywhere: The pretty little path through the local recreation field that never gets muddy? Decomposed granite. And I keep hearing more and more about the advantages of decomposed granite.
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