We all want the chance to walk through our yard without trampling the lawn or our pretty flowers. Additionally, at night, it’s important to have a chance to walk through your yard without tripping over a sprinkler or stepping into a whole. However, pathway designs can be really boring, and if you look at the standard ones, they might even be a bit of an eye sore when it comes to your, unique space.
Here are some fun ideas for pathway designs that may compliment your landscape better than just straight pavement:
– Install flagstones with grass or crawling thyme filling the section that would usually be filled by mortar:
Instead of using standard mortar in a pathway, you can utilize low grasses or crawling thyme to fill the area between each stone with greenery. Another idea, if you don’t want anything live between your stones, is to install gravel or other small stones between each flagstone. This can give the path a more exciting look than just plain mortar.
– Create rugged pathways.
A pathway made of gravel and bare earth, bordered by raised planters or desert plants can add character to a yard full of natives.
– Set your stone path below the grass line.
Stone pathways which are set slightly below where you would mow are easy to care for and don’t catch the eye too much. This is one way you can have a nice, unobtrusive pathway through your lawn.
– Think sand.
A beachy path made of about 6 inches of sand is a great way to accent beach grasses or a property near the beach.
– Walk on the grass.
If your yard is mainly plants, hardscaping, or water features, a cool pathway made of grass may give it a refreshing look and feel. Another version of this are “stones” of grass with gravel or shale infilling the areas between the grass steps.
– Brighten your yard with colored stones.
Instead of plain flagstones or stamped concrete, explore different types and textures of stones or other masonry.
– Walk on a wooded path.
Installing planks of wood as a path can be a fun way to give a stable walking surface to a hillside home or other unique yard space.
– Add a boarder.
A quick fix for any pathway is to install a unique boarder. This could mean planting fragrant plants or installing a few benches on the side or an art installation. A boarder can make a pathway much more interesting and feel like a new installation. Additionally, you can add perspective to existing pathways by installing something bright and colorful at the far end of the pathway.
Here’s to a yard that is easy to walk through and enjoy!
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