Finding good books showing design "patterns" for any subject is usually tough. I ordered any of the books I could find on designing stone gardens, and unfortunately, all of these books were about selecting plants that work well in stone gardens. None of them discussed design patterns for the stone itself or the stone in combination with plants. Does such a website or a book exist?

An example of a design "pattern" would be something like this: "Two stones meet at a 90-degree angle, with the outside edges facing the viewing direction. In the nook formed by the two stones, a plant with dramatic shape or texture is placed." The photo below shows an example of this design pattern.

If a book contained 30 such patterns, then someone designing a small stone garden could try out many of those ideas and use them to build parts of the garden.