Garden Path Ideas Using Stepping Stones
Outdoor walkways and pathways can add much-needed beauty and visual interest to your landscape. They can provide a lovely pathway to a pool, an outdoor garden or a cozy bench in the yard. Outdoor walkways offer many uses for your home, so it’s important to make sure garden path ideas are well-designed.
Design possibilities for outdoor walkways and pathways are endless. They can be built in almost any size and shape you need. Walkways can be built with subtle materials that blend the landscape or colorful materials that add some eye-catching flare. Here are some ways to get creative with stepping stones for pathways.
DESIGNING A PATHWAY
Your walkway design and your choice of outdoor walkway materials can have a major impact on your landscape. Before you decide on design and materials, think about what the walkway will be used for. Does the walkway lead somewhere or does it serve a purely aesthetic purpose in your landscape? Outdoor walkways can be installed for many reasons:
● To direct foot traffic to a specific location
● Defining a border around a specific area
● Drawing people into a gorgeous garden
● Attracting people to a fountain or focal point
● Supplementing texture and color to the landscape
● Adding contrast to foliage with hardscaping
When you have defined the purpose of your walkway, you can make better decisions on design and outdoor walkway materials. Don’t underestimate the impact of a beautiful, well-designed outdoor walkway. Many homeowners don’t put enough thought into landscape walkways or pathways and miss a perfect opportunity to enhance their garden.
OUTDOOR WALKWAY MATERIALS
There are a variety of materials that can be used for outdoor walkways. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes for any garden design you want to achieve. How your walkway will be used is important to selecting the right outdoor walkway materials. Look at your choice of materials, along with the benefits or disadvantages they provide.
● Flagstone is a flat, sedimentary stone that is used in everything from pathways, benches, tables, and veneers. Flagstone comes in many assorted colors and textures.
● Dimensional Stone is any stone cut to exact measurements or dimensions. It is used for flooring, stepping stones, and English gardens.
● Pavers and hardscapes are modular natural stone or concrete products. Pioneer Landscape Centers carries many varieties of pavers and hardscapes, both manufactured in-house and provided by our strategic partners. In addition to pavers, Pioneer Landscape Centers also carries several varieties of travertine and 2 cm outdoor tiles.
CURVY PATHS
You can create an appealing and curvy pathway with low cost materials. Although a straight pathway can save some space, a curvy pathway is more aesthetically pleasing in some cases. This is an easy pathway to achieve in your garden as you would layout the path with any stepping stone or stones that you would like. You could also accomplish this look with bricks, concrete pavers or flagstone.
HOPSCOTCH STEPPING STONES
The idea behind the play garden is to create a space that is engaging for children while being aesthetically pleasing for grown-ups. This is another easy pathway to create. Adults will love the unique look and kids will love playing on the stepping stones.
CIRCLE OF STONES
You can arrange a variety of shapes, colors and sizes in stones that are formed in the shape of a circle. It will add a unique look to your garden as it will be a form of art on the ground.
CHECKERBOARD HERB GARDEN
To create a checkerboard herb garden, you can use concrete pavers and place them into a checkerboard pattern. Plant various herbs and ground covers in the open spots.
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