| If you have areas of your garden that are interesting | | | | tree and read a book or even to the vegetable plot. |
| or beautiful, then create a garden path and your | | | | It's a good idea to have any paths that lead off the |
| visitors will be guided to these spots and can share in | | | | main path slightly narrower in size. Careful planning, |
| your enjoyment. | | | | along with a sensitive touch, good insight and the |
| One may argue that garden design is perceived as | | | | ability to experiment are not the exclusive rights of a |
| the work of experts, landscape architects, landscape | | | | garden design expert. |
| designers, garden designers, and landscape | | | | Just use your imagination, do a little research and you |
| contractors. Yet research proves that some of the | | | | will find that designing a unique garden path and |
| most beautiful gardens in the world were not | | | | garden is not all that hard, and will surely draw |
| designed by experts. It's also argued that a lot of | | | | accolades from your friends and neighbors. |
| thought should be put into the humble garden path, | | | | Build your dream garden around your unique path, |
| after all a well designed garden path will showcase | | | | making it interesting as well as breathtaking. Leave |
| your garden to its best advantage. The garden path | | | | room for the unexpected, for example, as the path |
| should take you along a beautiful and approachable | | | | curves round place a bird bath beside it or plant a |
| route. A path is an entry point to a garden and | | | | huge plant around another bend. Don't forget to add |
| encourages visitors to follow it to experience the | | | | some lighting along your garden paths; solar lights |
| surroundings. | | | | make this job very easy. Try adding roses rambling |
| First of all think about the mood you want to set on | | | | over an archway or a stone wall, there are lots of |
| the path that leads people from the street to your | | | | ideas to suit your personal taste readily available. |
| front door. This is where you can begin to show | | | | Repeating splashes of color will also establish a |
| your individuality and style; do you want your garden | | | | rhythm in the garden and help to guide the eye to |
| to have a formal or informal look? Think about how | | | | the next surprise along the path. There are designs |
| you would like someone to view and move through | | | | around to suit all gardeners, but take comfort in the |
| your garden. | | | | fact that in garden design there are no right |
| Paths are one way to connect some of the various | | | | decisions, so just try and overcome the garden |
| places in the garden to achieve a sense of order and | | | | design jitters, and make a start. Whatever you |
| cohesiveness. The hardest part for most people is to | | | | decide, just try and work to a theme be it animals, |
| trust in their own intuition and you need to constantly | | | | birds, rocks etc. |
| experiment till you get your own unique garden | | | | If you're going to use stepping stones, do a mock |
| design. You need to make sure that you have a | | | | path first, (use this rule with any type of path) and |
| logical progression from one area to the next to get | | | | lay the stones on the ground, make sure they are |
| a pleasing and satisfactory result. | | | | evenly spaced with the use of a measuring tape. |
| Another primary path to take into consideration is | | | | Don't place them too close together but ensure that |
| from your back door to your back yard. You may | | | | people can step from one to another comfortably. |
| have separate paths leading off to different areas | | | | Remember, your aim when designing any path is to |
| such as a fountain in the middle of a lush green lawn, | | | | lead and highlight important focal points of your |
| a secluded corner where you can sit under a shade | | | | garden. |