Hyrax Rock and Landscaping

Hyrax Rock and Landscaping Specialists in fake rock landscaping, creating authentic custom rock gardens, ponds, waterfalls, and This can be prohibitively expensive. What is Faux Rock?

The Victoria Falls area has a dearth of available rock, and meaningful boulders have to be brought in from far and wide. Collecting and transporting a few two ton boulders from Hwange could cost many hundreds if not thousands of dollars. For years I have admired the waterfalls and rock work at the entrance to the Kingdom Hotel. The art of creating natural looking rock is known as “faux rocher” whi

ch in French roughly translates to fake rock. I took it upon myself to learn this craft, and unable to spend thousands on training courses in the good old US of A, I scoured the WWW for information. Amazingly, there is precious little meaningful assistance out there and discovering this well guarded secret came down to hours of research and expensive trial and error. Rock and stone have long been valued as natural, distinctive landscaping elements. But getting the rock exactly where you want it, even in an area where real rock is readily available, is no easy feat. That's why landscape and pool designers are turning to faux rock. Not only can artificial rocks be molded, textured, and colored to exactly replicate the look and feel of real rock formations, they also can be built onsite, eliminating the inconvenience and expense of hauling. Benefits of faux rock include:

• Design flexibility
• Ease and speed of installation
• Durability
• The ability to conceal unsightly plumbing and other utilities

Starting small, we created unusual and attractive flower planters, whilst concentrating on producing realistic prototype faux rocks and rock flower-planters. Much of the basic ingredients for making “traditional” faux rock comprises hypertufa, perlite and vermiculite. There’s not a hardware shop in Victoria Falls that’s heard of these materials let alone stock them. Finding the correct materials is an incessant obstacle and I was obliged to experiment using alternatives. We have since found solutions and substitute ingredients and we now produce realistic sandstone, granite and basalt faux rock. The technique for creating a large “3 ton” rock is the same as creating a small “100kg” rock, and we can now build a rock garden you could once only dream of, with ponds and waterfalls and tropical plants. There is limited stock of planters and bird baths so orders will need approximately two weeks to cure, colour and seal before delivery.

23/02/2024

It’s truly amazing how much crap FB has assigned to my site. As fast as I get rid of the posts, they send more crap. Please don’t believe any one of these posts on Hyrax has anything to do with me.

09/01/2024

Two pond and waterfall combinations at the entrance to the new Lookout boutique lodge in Victoria Falls.

09/01/2024

This large project formes a backdrop to the statue of David Livingstone @ Livingstone Lodge car park. The huge overhead waterfall-rock required 12 men to fit in place!

16/09/2023

Different concept with the waterfall arrangement from a rock over the pond.

02/07/2020

Bird bath.

This new boutique hotel has been built on a large sloping property. This necessitated building a high earth retaining wa...
17/04/2020

This new boutique hotel has been built on a large sloping property. This necessitated building a high earth retaining wall to level out the land. I suggested taking advantage of the wall and we created a beautiful three meter cascade emanating from a pond on the upper level. This plunges into a large pond that connects to another pond via a stream.

The owner requested a water feature to fill unused space near the lounge entrance. This gentle two tiered waterfall is ...
17/04/2020

The owner requested a water feature to fill unused space near the lounge entrance. This gentle two tiered waterfall is tucked into a shady corner and can be heard from inside the lounge creating a cool, peaceful ambience.

This delightful two tiered waterfall was created next to a bridge spanning a pond and leads guests to an outdoor enterta...
17/04/2020

This delightful two tiered waterfall was created next to a bridge spanning a pond and leads guests to an outdoor entertainment area. For visitors arriving at this home, this is the first thing they see and sets the tone in a beautiful tropical garden.

Completed water feature at Shongwe Lookout in Victoria Falls. The client wanted three water features to create a cooling...
05/09/2019

Completed water feature at Shongwe Lookout in Victoria Falls. The client wanted three water features to create a cooling effect near the el fresco dining area. I had to wait for construction operations to complete around the designated areas and only commenced work once the area was clear. This created a deadline and work had to proceed posthaste.
The final result is a set of beautiful cascades which greet visitors see as they enter the main entrance.

New large rock and water feature - Wood Rd. Vic Falls
16/08/2018

New large rock and water feature - Wood Rd. Vic Falls

Rock and water feature commission - Vic Falls
04/07/2018

Rock and water feature commission - Vic Falls

13/09/2017

See Rock Planter samples in Photos

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255 Jacaranda Road
Victoria Falls

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