a garden constructed with rocks, esp one where alpine plants are grown
Also called: rock garden
Examples of 'rockeries' in a sentence
rockeries
There's nothing wrong with rock plants, even if rockeries have gone.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Pinks bring quality to dry-stone walls and rockeries.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Ideal for borders and rockeries and exceptionally attractive in containers.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Greenhouses, lawns, rockeries, trees and shrubs were introduced from all over the empire.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
However, we do know their national hobby was building large, ugly rockeries.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Sedums are an autumn essential for borders, courtyard gardens, rockeries and pots.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In came pergolas, rockeries, chemical fertilisers and garden centres.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
British rockeries were originally adopted by the 18th-century landscape garden movement.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But here's the funny thing: we still seem happy to call the plants that were grown in rockeries 'rock plants'.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Rockeries, island beds, shrubberies and dedicated rose gardens have given way to wild-flower meadows, perennial planting, exotic gardens and grow-yourown.