There’s always a place for landscaping with pebbles as they slot right in whatever your style of garden design may be.

One can achieve so many different looks, while being practical at the same time, says Sean Granger, General Manager of Granny Mouse Country House & Spa. Some usages include making a garden neater, helping drainage and adding character, as it does at the Mouse House.

Whether your goal is to create a modern look, something traditional, Mediterranean, country feel or that Zen garden, pebbles can really bring out the best for your garden.

Pebbles come in so many colours and work as a great accompaniment to plants, trees, and water features, no matter how big or small the space is. They create a low maintenance area, making it a minimal upkeep area and is a great choice if you want to get rid of some lawn.

1. Makes for smart design

There are a number of ideas that come to mind when it comes to pebbles. From the colours to the shapes and the theme, to a Biggy Best country look, or to a more modern look and feel; it all depends on the look you want to achieve.

2. CREATE A CENTREPIECE

Pebbles can take centre stage as part of your backyard design. They can surround a focal plant feature or make for accentuating a fire pit.

3. A ZEN-STYLE SPACE

Stones are a fundamental design element in the Japanese garden. They’re rarely used alone. Instead they are found in repeat patterns, with each stone placed in a particular position or group.

If you’re landscaping with pebbles and have some left over or have made some mistakes don’t leave them lying around in a forgotten corner. There are lots of ways to use them in other projects. Decorative pebbles are the perfect finishing touch for pots. You can use layers of pebbles to cover surface soil, and this will add texture, colour and interest as well as smarten up the look.

4. LANDSCAPE WITH PEBBLES AROUND A WATER FEATURE

Ponds and other water feature ideas are great places to use pebbles, suggesting the water has worn away the soil to reveal a stony ‘beach’.

5. DESIGN A ONE-OFF GARDEN PATH

Pebbles can be used to create an attractive mosaic design to create a garden path, making it as simple or multifaceted as possible.

These are just some of many ideas when using pebbles, and if you want to see some clever ideas on the use of pebbles head up to Granny Mouse Country House & Spa and be inspired.

If fine dining is what you’re looking for, then look no further than Granny Mouse Country House & Spa, where a truly magical experience awaits, but you’ll have to be quick off the mark, as seats are limited.

Well-known for uniquely crafted events, the culinary artists at Granny Mouse have added something new and exciting to their offering, with their, “enchanted,” fine dining event. Taking place on Friday, the 29^th September and limited to 22 seats, dinner will be served in the super exclusive glass conservatory at a cost of R1 325 per person.

The enchanting evening, bring together four carefully experimented and perfected dishes, complete with the perfect wine paring for each dish, that will satisfy and delight your tastebuds, and take you on a trip from the sea, through the fields, to ends you destination at the Granny Moue River Walk.

Beginning the gastronomic Granny Mouse night out is the Amouse Bouche Prawn Tail, featuring thyme muffin, dill cream cheese, brut pearls and fresh fennel paired perfectly with Louisvale Brut rose.

The Starter offer you salmon trout, culminating sea and earth, with pea puree, fondant baby potatoes, shitake mushrooms and truffle oil, peaking with Bouchard Finlayson Galphin Peak Pinot Noir.

The mains is a delectable deboned lamb rack with black mushroom dust, root vegetables, onion soubise, roasted pine nuts, fresh pomegranate seeds, mustard and thyme jus and fresh herb garnish with Louisvale The Boris wine to savour it down with.

Dessert doesn’t get better than this, fittingly titled The River Walk at Granny Mouse – a apple cinnamon mousse sphere, caramel gel centre, crisp white chocolate and white chocolate glaze, pistachio sponge, dehydrated apple soil, rum gel, apple sorbet, meringue mushrooms and a rum caramel sauce, coupled with a Paul Cluver Noble Late Harvest Reisling ends this ultimate fine dining menu.

Join the culinary team Granny Mouse for an evening of enchanted tastes, and indulge in a new culinary experience with their latest fine dining menu.

To make a booking email banqueting@grannymouse.co.za or call Granny Mouse on 033 234 4071