Garden With Beautiful Stone Design

 Dream backyards don’t come together all at once. It takes years of gardening and landscaping to create an oasis right at home. And much like the journey of decorating inside your walls, you usually tackle it in small steps. So while you might have your idea on a professionally-installed patio one day, for now, you can give your yard a little love with a simple DIY garden path. Here are seven different ways to get it done. Stepping Stones Quite possibly the most simple solution, this one involves laying a small amount of flat pavers or stones in a row, about a step’s distance apart. If you’re laying your path through a lawn, remove the grass underneath where you want each stone to sit (you can “trace” around the stones), and make the earth below each one as level as possible to minimize wobbly rocks. Gravel With a (mostly) level surface, all you need to do is pour loose gravel or pebbles over your entire intended walkway and smooth it out. You can line the border with lumber, plast...

 Pea Gravel patios are an economical and environmentally-friendly way to create space in a garden.  The gravel is small, usually 3/8 – 1/2 inch, which makes it easy to walk on.  Rainwater runs through, making it a better option for small properties with limited impervious covering allowance. The best part is that a pea gravel patio can be installed for a fraction of the cost of a paver, brick or bluestone patio. They can be formal or informal in design, and lend a ‘natural’ look to a garden.  Edging can be made of natural stone, brick, concrete pavers or Belgian block, or it can be a simple aluminum edging such as that used for walkways. Maintenance is easy, simply blow leaves and debris off, and, if necessary, spread a fresh layer of stone every few years.  As long as a proper base is installed, the gravel should not sink into the underlying earth, but it does tend to scatter a bit.