Decorative garden paths
Garden paths are an important element of any garden. Strive intended for the convenience of moving along the site, such paths can favorably emphasize the style and shape of the garden.
Paths in the garden
And therefore, their planning and device should be approached from the standpoint of their maximum functionality and convenience. Ideas and materials for the construction of a variety of types of garden paths today. By composing and combining various materials and coatings, you can sometimes get very interesting track options in the garden of pronounced decorativeness and originality.
Regardless of what material will be chosen to cover and what the tracks themselves will be made of, they must all have a number of mandatory qualities. And the safety of movement through them in any weather is the most important requirement.
The very design of the garden path should be adapted to the type of material used for decoration. Before starting work, it is necessary to determine the level of groundwater. If it is low, water will not interfere with the construction of garden paths. With a high level of groundwater, it is worth thinking about the device of the drainage system and the removal of water. The next step is to determine the direction and marking of the course of the new road.
According to the pattern of the future road, the soil is removed to the depth depending, primarily on the quantity and thickness of individual layers, which are elements of the path under construction. The bottom of the pit must be thoroughly tamped, and then lay 10 -15 centimeter layer of gravel or other large aggregate. The next layer of three – five -centimeter sand pouring. On the base prepared in this way, you can begin to lay the coating selected for the device. The remaining cracks between its elements, after the end of work, are filled with sand.
Path coating materials
For the construction of garden paths, you can use many different materials, starting from brick, gravel, wood and cobblestones. When choosing a material for the track, you should be guided by the style in which the garden itself works. Attention should be paid not only to the color of the selected material, but also to the texture. Among the most popular materials for paving the Garden paths of the pavers and clinker.
They are available in various forms and colors, so you can easily create the most interesting patterns. An interesting solution is a stone paving, which, thanks to its uneven forms, gives the path in the garden natural naturalness. The undoubted advantage of this material is small water absorption, high frost resistance and resistance to abrasion. Attention should be paid to wood and brick, perfectly combined with other wooden elements of the garden. Wood, which is appropriately processed, can serve for many years. Garden paths from gravel are very spectacular. So that the gravel path does not lose its shape, and the pebbles do not roll around, the edges are limited.
A combination of various materials
An interesting effect can be achieved by combining two different materials. Stones and plates look very good, between which the grass grows.
However, it is necessary to remember that the distances between the individual elements of the track were selected so that to maintain the convenience of movement on such coatings. No less decorativeness are covered with coatings of stones and slabs tightly adjacent to each other, the remaining space between which is filled with small gravel or gravel.
