rock garden

A style of garden tracing its roots to classic Chinese and Japanese garden rockwork, that achieved great popularity in the late 19th Century in Europe. The middle class burgeoned and began travling to the Alps. Tourists would universally dig up and bring back some of the alpine plants they encountered to their bungalows (a practice frowned upon today!). The first classic outlining the modern art of rock gardening was The English Rock Garden by William Robinson (1838–1935), although its most famous practitioner was Reginald Farrer (1880– 1920), an eccentric and brilliant horticulturist who was the most charismatic and popular garden writer of Edwardian England. Rock gardening flourishes today, with multiple specialist societies dedicated to the practice in most industrial nations. Rock gardens are characterized by thoughtful design and soil preparation culminating in artistically placed boulders of different sizes designed to mimic a natural outcrop. Rock garden plants grown from seed or purchased from specialist nurseries are then placed to provide year round color and interest, although the main season of bloom in the Northern Hemisphere are the months of April, May and June. The art has been raised to new heights in recent decades thanks to enormous strides in the science of cultivating difficult plants in soilless media and the innovations of trough gardening and the crevice garden in England and the Czech Republic respectively.

George was always out in his rock garden, fussing over his alpines.

by Acantholimon February 3, 2010

chick rock

Chick Rock is rock music played by guys that appeals mostly to women.

Man, Jonathan Wilson is the new Lenny Kravitz of Chick Rock.

by Anthon4000 May 24, 2019

Trenchtown Rocks

n. Hippy version of dinkleberries. Reference to the Bob Marley song Trenchtown Rock.

The hippy found some Trenchtown rocks while showering after the music festival.

by Bendistraw June 15, 2009

Rocked their Cocks

When you do anything to show up or waste somebody else in anything.

Wow we just beat them 21 to nothing. We totally just Rocked their cocks.

by Aggy117 May 22, 2009

Soft Rock

What looks just like a “Real” rock, but when you step on said “Rock” to take a phenomenal picture with your friends, it squish’s down, very unlike a rock, and gets all over your brand new shoes!!!

AHHHHHHHHHH!!! THAT’S NOT A ROCK!!! THAT’S COW POOP!!! THAT’S A SOFT ROCK!!!

by OmniJohnson April 27, 2019

rock rape

using a rock to gain an amazing kill on halo reach or halo 3

i rock raped u foooool

by gingerninja117 January 12, 2011

Kianna Rock

Kianna is an amazing person. Even tho a lot of people don’t like her because of rumors they heard she actually a really nice person. She’s gorgeous and funny. She’s not 2 faced like most people at hughesville.

Kianna rock is my best friend

by Urmom2269 March 20, 2021