Pea Gravel Garden Path
Gravel is one of the cheapest ways to make a durable path with good drainage.
Pea gravel garden path. A gravel stepped walkway is easy to create on your own and adds visual interest and practical purpose to a garden landscape. See more ideas about garden design gravel garden beautiful gardens. Here are more affordable garden path ideas to get you thinking. Backyard gravel paths are the easiest to build.
But besides some obvious advantages they have some disadvantages too. Pea gravel and new or salvaged wood beams are all that you will need to. Photograph by nicole franzen for gardenista. Start by marking the location and shape of your path with a garden hose length of rope or spray paint.
Because of its tendency to travel pea gravel must be contained by some type of edging material such as brick stones bender board or metal edging as shown above. If using spray paint buy line marking paint which allows you to easily spray lines while holding the can upside down. Gravel is the easiest to handle and least expensive path material. Although these backyard gravel paths look informal a limestone border like this one really dresses them up.
My diy skills have typically run more in the crafting cooking sewing arena not so much the outdoor diy landscaping arena so i was feeling a little nervous about my ability to do this project but thankfully i was fueled by my angst over my existing garden path to give it a. Since i ve been working so much in my garden lately i thought i d share my tips on installing a pea gravel garden path. Using a square edged spade remove the soil within that border to a depth of 4 inches. Jun 7 2019 explore juli mei s board pea gravel garden followed by 197 people on pinterest.
A pea gravel path abuts a bed of mulch and bluestone pavers neatly separated by a strip of metal edging. Let s take a look at both to make a right decision.