In spring, hobby gardeners can also devote themselves to laying out the garden path.
What to consider when designing the paths to the garden.
Garden paths not only point the way to the garden *, the beds or the garden terrace.
A garden path also gives structure to the green area, because they look beautiful and can be designed creatively.
But how do you plan the creation of a garden path and what do amateur gardeners have to consider?
We have answers.
Creating a garden path: planning and preparation
Planning the garden path is the first, important step.
Ask in advance
how the garden path should run
.
But also the questions about
how you use the path the most and which material you prefer
.
As soon as these questions have been clarified for you, you can start preparing.
The
myHomebook
portal
suggests that hobby gardeners
mark
the path with a string and sticks in order to better recognize where it should lead.
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What you should consider when creating the garden path
Hobby gardeners should definitely observe the following points:
Structure
: The right foundation allows rainwater to seep through and provides stability for your garden path.
Therefore, you should pay attention to an ideal structure.
As
myHomebook
knows, “a compacted bed of gravel or crushed stone and sand” is suitable for this.
The only disadvantage, however, is that you have to expect weeds on the garden path.
Width
: When laying out the paths, note that you also have to walk across the garden path with a wheelbarrow or other larger equipment.
Therefore, there should be enough space in width.
You should therefore plan at least one meter.
Lighting
: In order to always have everything in view even at dusk, it is worth thinking about lighting on the garden path.
Curves
: Here it is important to see whether you want to walk past certain flowerbeds on the garden path, or just straight to the beds, without great detours.
Ask yourself whether you want to use the garden path as a way to work or as a harmonious and decorative path.
Slope
: So that rainwater can always run off well, it is advisable to provide the path with appropriate slopes.
This means that the water is also diverted away from the house, as the
myHomebook
portal
knows
.
Material
: The material you use also depends on how big the garden path will be.
You can also get some materials in larger quantities and thus save some money.
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