Garden Path

 

Whether you’re wanting to build a garden walkway, a path to your front door, or just elevate your landscape design – you need all the garden path ideas you can get! From utilizing mulch, stepping stones, and even wood chips – we’ve got all the walkway ideas for you below!

What is the cheapest way to make a garden path?

If you want to make a garden pathway but are on a tight budget, don’t worry! There are plenty of garden designs that you can incorporate without breaking the bank. So, let’s take a look at some of them below.

Firstly, mulch and gravel paths are going to be the most budget-friendly options you can find. All you have to do is remove sod, roll out the landscaping fabric, and put down the mulch or gravel in your outdoor space. Wood chips, cocoa beans, and cypress bark are all great mulch options. Pea gravel, crushed gravel, and crushed limestone will be a longer-lasting pathway idea.

Secondly, if you aren’t wanting to use mulch or gravel as a landscaping idea – there are a few other alternative materials. Stone pathways are often budget-friendly – and they’re fairly easy to DIY. 

Thirdly, flagstone or even cobblestone are great choices to amp up your front yard curb appeal. They are going to be more expensive than the other options, just because they are a natural stone. However, creating a stone path is a really simple DIY garden path idea – and then you aren’t going to need to pay a laborer!

What can I use to make a garden path?

If money isn’t an issue, then there are a ton of different materials you can use for beautiful garden path ideas.

As we discussed above, crushed gravel, limestone, and pea rock are great long-lasting materials. You can also use mulch – but it isn’t going to last as long and won’t be as low-maintenance.

Depending on the type of pathway you want – you can also use concrete pavers, a herringbone brick pathway design, or even a simple stone walkway. The type of material you use is really going to depend on the look you’re going for.

Are you creating a garden path as a visual interest or something more practical? Are you going to line the path with greenery and ground cover plants such as perennials? Or, is your brick path going to be leading to something such as a fire pit or a front garden? These are all factors that you’re going to want to think about before deciding on material.

Then, think about what color tone you want your garden pathway to be. If you want something a bit different – make sure you find a material that offers a lot of different colors rather than just one or two designs.

Garden Path Ideas:

Mulch is a great material to use if you want a budget-friendly walkway. Moreover, it’s also great if you have a more informal area – such as the one seen here.

We talked about this above, but gravel is a great budget-friendly material for a garden pathway. It’s also really versatile – you can use it in pretty much any garden area and create whatever shape/design you want.

Here’s another example of a gravel pathway – except this one is edged with rocks. Edging helps reduce the amount of weeds and also creates a more formal pathway.

Look at these stepping stones that line the walkway! Here, they used small pebbles as an underfoot, but you could also use gravel or mulch.

Flagstone walkways create a really classy and put together walkway. However, they are a bit more expensive than gravel or mulch, because they are a natural stone.

Concrete pavers are another option to incorporate into your garden path ideas. When arranging the stones, try to leave at least 4 inches in between each stone.

This pathway feels as though you’re walking on a ladder! I like the white pebbles with the symmetrical shrubs – it gives it a more modern farmhouse feel.

If you decide to go with a stepping stone pathway, make sure to spread a thin layer of sand prior to putting down the stones. This will help you lay the stones down and level them out correctly!

Here’s another example of a flagstone walkway that looks really put together. I love the arched trellis garden as well.