Gravel and moss: the ground between indoors and outdoors

A small patch of gravel ground. It is located outside an indoor opening or in a small courtyard, consisting of a layer of off-white gravel about five centimeters thick, with uniformly sized particles; two or three larger raw stones are casually placed on top, along with a small clump of low-growing moss or drought-tolerant succulents. The boundary of the gravel is a narrow groove flush with the ground. Avoid: arranging gravel into a patterned karesansui (dry landscape garden), planting dense flowers and plants, adding wooden decking and plastic borders, using colored and excessively large gravel.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一小片碎石鋪成的地面。它位於室內開口的外側或一個小天井裡,是一層厚度約五公分的米白色碎石,顆粒大小均勻;上面隨意放著兩三塊較大的原石,以及一小叢低矮的苔或耐旱的多肉。碎石的邊界是一道與地面齊平的細窄溝縫。避免:把碎石鋪成有圖案的枯山水、種植茂密的花草、加入木棧板與塑膠邊界、使用彩色與過大的礫石。