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The bones of a garden — everything that won't grow, wilt, or need watering.
means The non-living structural elements of a landscape: patios, walls, walkways, decks, and stone, as opposed to the plants.
from A 20th-century landscaping coinage, splicing hard onto the older softscape (the living, leafy stuff) to neatly divide the buildable from the growable.
Drainage rulesBad hardscape funnels rainwater straight at your foundation.
PermeabilitySolid paving can be illegal where runoff laws bite.
The pairSoftscape is its living, photosynthesizing counterpart.