Where can I buy some decent slate rocks for a pond waterfall?
I'm building a pond in my backyard with a waterfall and can't find anywhere that sells just actual flat irregular shaped stone. All the major gardening stores online have waterfall kits, but I don't need that. I just want large flat stone, but not like pathway stone. Thanks in advance for any help.
I live in a fairly small town with no stone yards within 200 miles or so.
I only need maybe 7 or 8 good sized rocks.
What you want is a stone yard or bulk landscape supplier, not a gardening store. They will have a great variety of stones, including slate, in the size and thickness you need.
You will want to find a local one, rather than online, because shipping would be insane to have slate shipped from out of state. Stone yards can deliver for you for a reasonable fee, and will usually drop it off where you need it (e.g. next to the waterfall you're creating).
Here are two that I use, http://www.georgialandscapesupply.com/products/stone.shtml# and http://www.stoneforest.biz/products_stackfieldstone.php , but they are local to me (Georgia)... you shouldn't have trouble finding similar stone suppliers local to you.
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