Pretty DIY Garden Path + Walkway Ideas - How to install your own path or walkway to connect your outdoor spaces. Safe, clean, + curb appeal!
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Discover our favourite cottage garden path ideas – from winding walkways scented with lavender to playful paving and more
My favorite of my boards on Pinterest is my “Great Garden Paths” board. I have a weakness for garden paths. There is something so incredibly inviting about a path through a garden. It says, “Explore me,” or “Feel free to look AND touch, I’m cool with it.” My favorite garden paths bend around corners, begging […]
Pretty DIY Garden Path + Walkway Ideas - How to install your own path or walkway to connect your outdoor spaces. Safe, clean, + curb appeal!
25 beautiful garden path ideas & pro landscape design tips on easy DIY backyard walkways with gravel, brick, stepping stones, wood, pavers, or even mulch!
The most beautiful garden path ideas can be DIYed or created on a budget using a variety of landscaping materials. Transform your yard, big or small, using bricks, gravel, wood and more.
Paths and walkways are an integral part of every garden. They allow you to get from one place to another easily to maintain the garden. But paths and walkways don't need to be only practical; they can easily become decorative and beautiful. This can be done by planting interesting plants…
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Lady’s Mantle, Alchemilla mollis: "Gentle Alchemy" Alchemilla mollis is ubiquitous in English cottage gardens for good reason. Lady's mantle is an unfussy,
25 beautiful garden path ideas & pro landscape design tips on easy DIY backyard walkways with gravel, brick, stepping stones, wood, pavers, or even mulch!
English garden for all seasons. Designed and created by Tony and Marie 2007 winner Daily Mail National Garden Competition. 2010 winner "Overall Gardener of the Year" Garden News national garden competition. 2015 ITV series “Britain’s Best Back Gardens”. Ranked by Alan Titchmarsh as the winner of the TV episode: Impossible Gardens, by creating a showcase standard garden ....... whatever the weather or season! The lime green leaves in the left foreground are those of Acer shirasawanum 'Aureum' - Golden leaf Full Moon Japanese Maple. www.fourseasonsgarden.co.uk
Gravel pathways offer formal appeal or relaxed charm—it all depends on how you design them. These walkway ideas with gravel let you chart your own course.
Whether you use it to fill a yard or define a garden path, you'll love this low-maintenance look.
Discover inspiring and creative backyard garden ideas to transform your outdoor space. Explore tips and designs for a vibrant garden oasis. Unlock the beauty of nature in your backyard.
Smart garden path materials balance aesthetics and functionality. See the pros and cons of using materials such as gravel, turf, dry-laid pavers, mortared paths, wood mulch and stones.
Lost Horizons Nursery, Acton Ontario. "May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day. May songbirds serenade your every step along the way. May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that is always blue. And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through." Old Irish Blessing. The plan of Larkwhistle Garden from the book The Art of Perennial Gardening by Patrick Lima, Photographs by John Scanlan, Published by Firefly Books in 2000. If you look at this drawing of Larkwhistle Garden or at the layout for David Tomlinson's garden called Merlin's Hollow, you will notice that the pathways make up the skeleton or framework for each garden. Pathways link each of these gardens into a cohesive whole. Merlin's Hollow Garden Plan With a pathway, a gardener channels visitors through a garden. How a garden is viewed is determined, to some degree, by the nature and even the shape of a path. Lost Horizons Nursery, Acton Ontario. You are more likely to motor down a straight path... Lost Horizons Nursery, Acton Ontario. than one that twists and turns. Merlin's Hollow, Aurora Ontario. How wide should a path be? I personally think that the spacing needs to feel comfortable, not claustrophobic. If a pathway is tight, a visitor has to pay too much heed to each footstep and this can distract from all the visual delights along a path's length. Brain Folmer's Botanical Gardens near Walkerton, Ontario. So, what about materials? Even an ordinary lawn can function as a pathway between plantings. Pea gravel is a nice option that has a pleasant crunch underfoot. Larkwhistle Garden, on the Bruce Peninsula. This garden has a hard-packed combination of sand and very fine gravel. Private garden, Mississauga, Ontario. Flagstone is a classic choice. (Note here that the gardener here has continued the flagstone onto the lawn and around to the front of the house. In doing so, he saves wear and tear on the grass by directing visitors away from cutting across the lawn.) Private garden, Mississauga, Ontario. Stonework is more costly and requires a greater degree of skill to install, but is hard-wearing option and it looks incredible doesn't it? Private garden, Mississauga, Ontario. Mulch is yet another alternative and is softer underfoot. It also helps to create a nice woodland effect. Private garden, Mississauga, Ontario. Of course, you can always combine pathway materials. Here we have mulch combined with flagstone. Private garden, Mississauga, Ontario. Pea gravel and flagstone. This is Heather Bradley's Garden, Mississauga, Ontario. Moss and flagstone. (Deborah of Deb's Garden Blog has written a wonderful post on creating a moss pathway. She has a spectacular woodland garden that you should definitely check out.) Edwards Gardens, Toronto. Plantings along a path can be crisp and tidy. Private garden, Mississauga, Ontario. Brain Folmer's Botanical Gardens near Walkerton, Ontario. Or they can be uneven and more natural. Brain Folmer's Botanical Gardens near Walkerton, Ontario. In the end, it comes down to the overall look and feeling you are after. I hope you feel as inspired by these gardens as I do. Have a great weekend!
Mark Lane, the UK's first garden designer in a wheelchair and presenter on BBC Gardeners' World, with his top tips for a safe, secure and beautiful garden.