Here is my dry stream bed in progress. I think I've done about as much as I feel like for now, but in the future I will replace the stumps on the right with rocks, put down landscape fabric and cover the "stream" with gravel. In the meantime it makes a nice pathway for the kids to wander into the garden. Maybe someday it'll actually be a waterfall...
You'll notice that as you go further up the hill the stream bed gets narrower and the rocks get smaller - to add depth. Similarly, if you want to make a space look deeper you can plant finer textured plants further away and broad-leafed plants closer in. Pastel colours also tend to recede and bright, warm colours tend to look closer.
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