Project · Hallie’s Cove, Schertz
River Rock Bed with a Cut-Limestone Border
Front beds overgrown with weeds and grass, turned into an easy-care river rock bed with a mortared cut-limestone border that keeps the rock in and the lawn out.
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At a glance
- Area: Hallie’s Cove, Schertz (northeast of San Antonio)
- Services: river rock beds, landscape borders
- Time on site: 2 days
- Materials: river rock, cut-limestone border set on a mortar bed, landscape fabric
- Plants: existing shrubs kept in place
The goal
The homeowner wanted to clean up the beds along the front of his house. They were overgrown with weeds and grass, with no defined edge or border where the beds met the lawn.
He wanted a bed that would be easy to maintain, and he didn’t want mulch. We recommended river rock with a cut-limestone border set in mortar, so the edge stays put and the bed stays clean for years.
Before & after
Same corner of the front bed, before and after.
What we installed
- Bed cleanup: cleared the weeds and grass out of the beds along the front of the house
- Landscape fabric under the rock to help keep weeds down
- River rock filled around the existing shrubs
- Mortared cut-limestone border set on a mortar bed along the lawn edge for a defined, lasting line
- A second, smaller bordered bed out in the lawn, finished the same way
How we built it
- Clear it out: we removed the weeds and grass from the beds.
- Trench and base: we trenched the border line and built a firm base.
- Set the border in mortar: we set the cut-limestone border on a mortar bed for a lasting finish.
- Fabric down: we laid landscape fabric around the shrubs.
- River rock: we filled the beds with river rock up to the border.
The finished beds
The shrubs stayed where they were. No mulch to replace every season: the river rock and the mortared cut-limestone border give the front of the house a clean, defined edge that’s easy to keep tidy.
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