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6 REASONS TO CHOOSE ROCKS, STONES, OR PEBBLES FOR YOUR LANDSCAPING PROJECT
6 REASONS TO CHOOSE ROCKS, STONES, OR PEBBLES FOR YOUR LANDSCAPING PROJECT

Discover the beauty of nature in your landscape! Explore 6 compelling reasons to embrace rocks, stones, or pebbles for your project.

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Stone Retaining Walls Classic Elegance for Outdoor Spaces
Stone Retaining Walls Classic Elegance for Outdoor Spaces

Stone retaining walls: Timeless charm and functionality, enhancing outdoor spaces with classic elegance.

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Colorful Durango Boulders for your landscape
Colorful Durango Boulders for your landscape

The Durango Boulder product from Decorative Stone Solutions offers warmth and life to any project. Durango product are multicolored: including a mixture of lavender, deep purples and pinks, along with hints of gold. **Note that the colors produced may vary based on the quarry vein currently being mined. When Durango products are delivered directly from the quarry, one will often encounter a tinge of reddish dust covering the material. This rinses off easily with a low pressure water or rain shower.

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10 Fantastic Ideas to Use Decorative Stone in Your Landscaping
10 Fantastic Ideas to Use Decorative Stone in Your Landscaping

Discover 10 innovative and captivating ways to use decorative stones in landscaping. Enhance the beauty of your outdoor space with these fantastic ideas.

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Innovative Design Techniques with Black Lava Rock Landscaping
Innovative Design Techniques with Black Lava Rock Landscaping

Transform outdoor spaces with creative Black Lava Rock Landscaping ideas. Elevate your design with versatility and style.

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Beautiful Red Mexican Beach Pebbles available from DSS
Beautiful Red Mexican Beach Pebbles available from DSS

Amongst all the Mexican Beach Pebble colors the most rare and arguably the most beautiful color is the Red Beach Pebbles. If you want to offer customers a unique and striking landscape stone option, consult with Decorative Stones Solutions. We offer these pebbles to installation contractors and architects on small and large scales.

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Top News

What does Dry Screened Product mean?

30th Sep,2019
That beautiful load of stone enhances your project and sets the stage for the wow-factor! Isn’t it interesting to discover the different ways rock is filtered for size? And what it looks like while at the quarry? A Dry Screened product means that the material typically passes through different screen sizes filtering the product for size along the way without being washed. Without the water element, there will be dust or fines and dirt that are part of the process.

Large scale turf reduction projects

5th Jan,2016
Recently DSS has supplied several large scale turf reduction projects. It is becoming routine in Southern California to see large swatch of water thirsty turf grass being replaced by inorganic ground cover and drought tolerant plants. This is happening both at the commercial and residential level. DSS is the best option for those expansive commercial or large scale residential projects. Have a look at a couple of our most recent below.

UCSD Osler Parking Structure Project

18th Sep,2018
Our Baja Cresta Grey has a mixture of earthy tones with grey highlights. This product added the perfect touch to the UCSD Osler parking structure located in La Jolla. Thank you to the design and install team of Spurlock Landscape Architects, Merino Landscape & Integrity Concrete for allowing DSS to be a part of this project.

Colorful Durango Boulders for your landscape

24th Feb,2023
The Durango Boulder product from Decorative Stone Solutions offers warmth and life to any project. Durango product are multicolored: including a mixture of lavender, deep purples and pinks, along with hints of gold. **Note that the colors produced may vary based on the quarry vein currently being mined. When Durango products are delivered directly from the quarry, one will often encounter a tinge of reddish dust covering the material. This rinses off easily with a low pressure water or rain shower.

Learn The 3 Ways Landscape Rock Is Sorted

16th Aug,2019
Decorative landscape rock is generally sorted/screened to size by 3 methods. 1) Static “Grizzly” Screen Static screens are commonly referred to as Grizzlies and are the most basic and simple of all screens used to sort rock sizes. This type of screen is often used to prescreen out the larger rock before sending material into a crusher or screening plant (which could be damaged by large pieces). Grizzlies are made of parallel bars running at an angle from front to back. The bars are set at an equal distance apart. This allows material smaller than the set distance to fall through to the belly of the screen and larger material to slide off the front.

What you need to know about specifying stone as a landscape groundcover

14th Mar,2022
This educational lunch and learn style video covers the basics of how to specify landscape groundcover stone. Decorative Stone Solutions architectural representative and founder, Randy Jurgensen, presents a no nonsense look at what landscape architects and designers should consider when using rock mulch in their projects.

Stormwater Management for Residential Properties: Tips and Tricks

23rd Mar,2023
What if you wake up one morning and your furniture is floating all around? It seems like a nightmare, but this situation can come when you don't think about the proper drainage of stormwater in your residential area.

Historical Pieces Of Evidence Of Rubble Stone And Rubble Masonry In Architecture

6th Apr,2023
The rising demand for something affordable and natural appearance led to the popularity of rubble stone. The historical evidence of these stones demonstrates their usage from thousands of years to ancient civilizations, such as Greece and Rome, and has continued to be popular throughout the ages.

What are some common applications of decorative stone in landscape design?

5th Jun,2023
Decorative stones in landscapes are an excellent choice for creating natural-looking pathways and walkways in a landscape design. They offer superior drainage capabilities and can be used in various sizes and colors to achieve the desired look.