Making Artificial Rocks For Landscaping

Rocks and boulders can add interest to any landscape garden or yard.

Making artificial rocks for landscaping.

It should be noted that the creation of fake rocks with your own hands will justify all your. Simple to make artificial rocks are a good alternative to hauling in large boulders. The potential is endless waterfall. I use lots of cardboard so have a good supply on hand as well.

Hollow artificial rocks are a nice addition to landscaping and can serve as a cover for unsightly utility boxes. The artificial rocks are easier to move and do not require heavy equipment to put them in place. Making artificial rock can benefit anyone from the casual garden enthusiast to the landscaping professional who wants to spice up their garden life. After making fake rocks for landscaping with your hands your guests will not distinguish it from natural stone.

To make this rock i started with a small corrugated cardboard box. Decorative artificial rock designed to bring realistic look and feel to your yard and garden. This is my first attempt at making lightweight fake rocks. Hypertufa boulders composed of peat moss perlite and portland cement are much lighter and less expensive.

Large boulders are expensive heavy and difficult to move. I wanted something quick and simple. Don t let the hollow nature of our artificial landscape rocks fool you. And our artificial landscape rocks look so real they can be used in place of real rocks in your garden or landscape beds.

Instead of buying or collecting real rocks you can make your own fake rocks with cement. The decorative fake rock material is lightweight to be moved. Combining basic construction skills and artistic creativity you can create artificial rocks with concrete that are virtually indistinguishable from naturally occurring stone. Old newspapers for filler some chicken wire and of course cement concrete tools such as spreaders trowels buckets access to water cement sand and or mortar mix etc.

I later used elements of this method to do my first ever fake. Backyard x scapes hollow faux rock cover is hand made with fiberglass resin and rock particles for lasting durability and hand painted with uv protection and fade resistance acrylic paints. To top it all off they are lightweight and easy to move perfect for do it yourself landscapers. Buy a bag of ready to mix cement and a bucket.