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Landscaping and Decorative Gravel Suppliers

Dry landscaping or pebble landscaping is an ideal way to beautify an area where maintenance is reduced.
Decorative gravel is a vital part of a water-wise garden or a compliment to any conventionally landscaped garden.
Decorative gravel is also ideally suited to pathways, driveways, and parking areas.

Pebbles for Africa makes it easy to shop for landscaping pebbles in Gauteng.
Use this information below to understand what is required for your decorative gravel home project.

Site Preparation

Ensure that the area is as flat and level as possible.
Remove all weeds, grass roots and any other vegetative material.
Your decorative gravel will need to be contained with an edging – a sharp cut edge of lawn, a brickwork edge, or wooden terra edging. This edging needs to be in place before adding the decorative gravel.
Place down weed guard beneath the area to be covered in decorative gravel. This applies to driveways and parking areas as well.
If you are creating a footpath, consider incorporating some pavers for overall comfort and aesthetic appeal.
Spread out the decorative gravel as per the coverage suggestions.

Landscape pebbles coverage

Generally, landscape pebbles come in a size 20 kg bag, but the weight can vary significantly as the different stone has different weights.
Extra-small and small pebbles are 20 mm to 40 mm, and you will need about three bags equivalent to 50 to 60 kg of decorative gravel per square metre.
Medium pebbles measure 50 mm to 65 mm, and you will require four bags or approximately 70 to 80 kg per square metre.
Large and extra-large pebbles can measure 70 mm to 130 mm, and you will need about five or six bags, an estimate 90 to 120 kg per square metre.

Coverage for Decorative Gravel

The best way to purchase decorative gravel and dump rock in Gauteng is in a 1-ton bulk bag. This is relatively easy to use to distribute over the working area.
The size of decorative gravel ranges between 6 mm and 19 mm, with some variation in stone size in between.
1 ton of gravel will cover approximately 18m².
1 ton of dump rock will cover approximately 16m².

How many bags do you need?

To calculate the square meters of the area you need to cover measure the length and the width and multiply those figures together. I.E. L X W=m²
Generally pebbles come in what is called a 20kg bag, but the weight can vary quite a bit as different stone has different weights.
Extra-small and small pebbles 20mm to 40mm. You will need 3 bags (approximately 50 to 60kg) of pebbles per square meter.
Medium pebbles 50mm to 65mm. You will require 4 bags (approximately 70 to 80kg) per square meter.
Large and extra-large pebbles 70mm to 130mm. You will require between 5 and 6 bags (90 to 120kg) per square meter.

Area Calculation

To calculate the area you need to cover, measure the length and the width and multiply those figures together. Length x Width = m².