Do you have a plain jane backyard? Do you walk through perfectly planned gardens and wish you could just live there? Well, it just takes some imagination and a few ideas to start inventing a peaceful garden path of your own.
Sunset Magazine has put together 41 gorgeous garden paths to bookmark for this very purpose. There are lots of ideas with very different feels that you can pull from to create that ambience you have been searching for in your own backyard.
1. Create a lovely path by laying flagstone through a grassy area in an interesting pattern.
2. Add a modern feel to your yard with grass circles on a contrasting ground like pebbles.
3. If you could pull off a water element, incorporating a crossing within it would be divine.
4. A simple gravel path with walls of plush lavender would create a treat for all your senses.
5. Get all beachy inspired with a pure soft sand path to your dining area, porch, home or pool.
See All 41 Paths At: Sunset
(Images: Sunset)
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The composition and colors of that first photo are stunning... like a painting.
The path, however, looks a bit treacherous.
What a beautiful collection! A lot of the images aren't suitable for my climate, but the shapes of the paths and general structure can still be modified for the northeast. Makes me want to ditch work and get out into the yard!
We made a path on our side yard using native flagstone in a space that was just grass and mudd when it would snow. It was difficult having to haul out the trash. I'd fallen so many times given how muddy it could get. The wooden gate also was difficult to close or latch. So I designed and implemented a more user friendly space to include a flagstone path, brought the fence out and installed a new gate, and included a larger, longer shed. The path starts from the driveway then curves around am existing bush to the newer section of gate. We used flagstone as we uncovered large sections of already existing flagstone under grass. It's still a work in progress to finish some sections of flagstone, but the area works so much better than it did before and is a much more useful space. Esthetics is something to keep in mind when designing a path, but also how it will be used. I love it now.