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Our range of decorative aggregates includes decorative chippings, slate, gravel, and pebbles- all available in a variety of sizes, colours, and textures. Perfect for garden design, pathways, driveways, and more, our aggregates are chosen for their durability and aesthetic appeal. Need advice? Contact your local branch or email [email protected].
Why Choose EH Smith for Your Decorative Aggregates?
Expert advice at all local branches to help you choose the right option.
Wide selection of decorative garden stones, gravel, and pebbles for any project.
Convenient online ordering with delivery or in-store pickup.
Landscaping displays in-store for hands-on shopping and inspiration.
Partnered with trusted suppliers to ensure premium quality of products.
Popular Uses for Decorative Aggregates
Pathways and driveways: Use decorative gravel or chippings for a durable, attractive finish.
Garden borders and flower beds: Add texture and colour with decorative stones.
Patios and seating areas: Create a stylish, low-maintenance space.
Water features: Enhance ponds and streams with pebbles.
Modern garden design: Use slate chippings or decorative slate chippings for a sleek look.
Advice from the EH Smith Landscaping Team
"Best advice when it comes to garden chippings? Come and chat to one of our landscaping experts in your local branch, we can talk you through options, advise you on colour and even arrange small samples to take home so you can see how the chippings work in your garden."
Dawn | Landscaping Product Leader | EH Smith Leicester
We know our garden stones and all the gravel, slate and stones in our collections are fantastic choices for your next garden project. However, as with all design, we certainly see trends. Each year there will be a clear favourite, but there are also the best go-to aggregates we see customers use year in year out, without doubt customer favourites. Our most popular garden aggregates include:
Slate: Perfect for modern, sleek garden designs. Plum Slate is a richly coloured decorative slate with a blend of purple/plum tones with the occasional streak of green and a choice we see regularly made by our customers.
Gravel: Great for driveways and large areas, offering durability and style. Golden Flint is a rich buff-coloured, angular chipping that darkens when wet, adding depth and character to pathways, driveways, rockeries and borders.
Pebbles: Adding a natural, rounded look to any garden space. Despite a fantasticly wide range, our number one choice by customers in confidently Scottish Pebbles, naturally rounded glacial stones with a unique mix of brown, grey and pink tones.
Yes! Our expert landscaping teams at every local EH Smith branch offer free consultations. Pop in for a chat, call your nearest branch, or email [email protected] for guidance on selecting the best decorative aggregates for your project. We also offer a free garden landscaping consultation.
Absolutely! All our landscaping aggregates are available in large bulk bags (850kg+) for big projects, as well as smaller 20kg bags for smaller tasks or a little garden re-fresh.
No, all our local builders merchant branches are open to both trade and DIY customers. You can also order online or visit your local branch for assistance. Choosing aggregates for any project can be a challenge, which is why our landscaping teams are always on hand to help all customers with the projects, or even just for a bit of friendly advice!
Yes! We deliver all our decorative landscaping products to any area within a 20-mile radius of our branches and even If delivery isn’t available for your postcode, please email [email protected] with your postcode and product enquiry and we will endeavour to assist you however we can.
After placing your order online, your nearest branch will confirm the allocated delivery date and time. Sometimes, we may be able to deliver earlier, your branch will notify you. For adjustments, contact [email protected].
Some decorative aggregates are ideal for driveways, whereas others not so much. Suitability depends on a variety of factors including stone size, weight grade and your ground conditions. It also depends on volume of vehicle traffic.
We advise getting in touch with our specialist landscaping teams at your local branch if you are unsure, we will always offer impartial advice on suitability.
Smaller, angular stones and gravel are the best for footpaths because they lock together to create a stable surface that is comfortable to walk on, while larger or rounded stones can move underfoot and become difficult to walk on.
For plant beds, almost all of our decorative chippings, slate or pebbles are ideal. They retain moisture, suppress weeds, and add a polished look. Here it is mostly about your own taste, you can of course book a consultation with our garden design team or message us just for some friendly advice.
September marked an exciting step forward for our transport fleet, with the delivery of five new vehicles to support our branches and enhance our delivery capabilities.
As part of our ongoing relationship with Thomas’s Group and West Midlands Hire, we were invited to work with Volvo Trucks. These latest additions represent a continued investment in our fleet, helping us meet the evolving demands of our customers and ensure we can deliver a wide range of building materials safely and efficiently.
New vehicles have been allocated across branches including Olton, Cannock and Leicester. Stourbridge has also welcomed a medium-sized crane vehicle, while Hemel Hempstead has received its new Moffett-equipped vehicle.
A key feature of the new fleet is the installation of Atlas 165 lorry loaders on all crane vehicles. These offer significantly improved lifting capacities compared with the older Hiab cranes they replace, providing greater capability when handling heavier building materials and
EH Smith Builders Merchants is pleased to announce that we have achieved Cyber Essentials certification, a government-backed accreditation scheme that demonstrates our commitment to protecting our business, our staff, our customers and our suppliers against cyber threats.
Cyber Essentials is widely recognised across the construction industry and is increasingly required by Tier 1 contractors, many of whom work on government projects and pass cyber security requirements down their supply chains. Achieving this certification provides tangible, independently verified evidence that EH Smith meets the required standards, making us a trusted and compliant partner for businesses at every level of the supply chain.
For you, our customers, the thousands of trade businesses, contractors, SMEs, sole traders and individual customers we work with every day, it provides reassurance thatEH Smith takes the security of your data and our supply chain relationships seriously and with the highest care at
If you have visited our Shirley branch recently, you may have noticed something a little unexpected in the entrance. Not a display of paving slabs or a stack of building materials, but a full size brick throne.
The throne was built over two days by TwinsBuild, the bricklaying duo behind one of the most talked about entries at the SuperTrowel Masters Competition 2026. Twin brothers Jonny and George McFarlane from Derbyshire, aged 22, both passionate about bricklaying and both very much responsible for the impressive structure now sitting at the entrance to EH Smith Shirley.
"We've been laying bricks for seven years now. We really enjoy bricklaying and more than anything we enjoy the detail work which is what inspires us to do builds like this."
~ Jonny McFarlane
We documented the entire build across the two days, from the first brick to the finished throne. Watch the full timelapse and hear from Jonny and George themselves in the video below, and if you want to follow their work, you can
