I know the stone is expensive and it seems to be effective as a weed block but it makes planting replanting troublesome and feeding difficult.
River rock raised garden beds.
Edging a garden bed with large and medium river rocks adds a pretty contrast to your yard and creates a neat edge to your garden beds via ella claire inspired this beautiful dry river stream incorporates a pretty mix of larger boulders with river rock and feels very natural in this landscaped yard.
The previous owner put down what looks to be inch river rock in all of the landscape beds around the house.
The stone goes down at least 1 2 inches.
River rocks of all shapes and sizes add a hard element to balance the soft features of flower beds.
Crushed rock or pea gravel work well at the bottom of a raised bed to improve drainage particularly in beds more than 18 inches tall or where the bed is in an area of the yard with poor drainage.
Rock mulch is decorative gravel or rocks ranging in size from pea size to golf ball size often sourced from river beds.