Garden that requires little work: Creating a rock garden for beginners in three steps. A variety of tough plants from mountain regions thrive in stone beds and can withstand dry summers.

Alpinum is the popular concept of the rock garden, but you can choose whether you stick strictly to plants from a certain region or wildly imitates the popular plants of the same region. You can find even more exciting garden topics in the regular newsletter from our partner 24garten.de. Follow us on Twitter @24garten and @LarissaStrohbusch.