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Paths are one of the main elements of the garden plot. They are the connecting elements of landscape design.
Correctly planned and formed paths are not only practical, but can also become an excellent decorative element. For paving paths, you can use a large number of materials such as tiles, natural or decorative stone, wood, bulk materials. For paths adjacent to buildings, materials are used that are present in the decoration of architectural structures. Paths that play a practical role should connect the functional areas to each other: a house, a garage, a gate, outbuildings, etc. There should be a sufficient number of them for easy maintenance of the garden, for a walk and easy access to all objects of the site.
On a personal plot, paths can be decorative and even be a starting point for arranging a garden.
The most inexpensive and easiest way to arrange paths is paving with concrete. These tracks are very strong and durable. However, they look boring and dull, but in this situation there is a way out, you can decorate the paths with a decorative border made of stone or undersized flowers. The stone can also be used to directly decorate the roadbed by pressing the stones into the not yet hardened cement during paving. In order to equip a concrete path, you should prepare a sand cushion, framing it with wooden strips and pour a concrete composition of the required thickness, on average 7-10 cm. If the path is poured in separate pieces, then the gaps between them can be covered with soil and planted with plants.
Paving stones are one of the popular materials for paving. It is one of the strongest and most durable materials, it is a solid hewn stone of a rectangular shape. Placed on a sand cushion using drainage to keep out water. Paving stones are used not only for paths, they are used for paving patios, driveways and various sites, this paving material is very durable and is even used for arranging roadways. Paving stones are quite expensive material, a garden decorated with paths from it acquires solidity and emphasizes the status of the owners of the site. There are many shapes, shades and sizes of paving stones, they are very convenient to use and extremely durable. Also, the advantage of paving stones is that if one of the tiles is broken, it is not necessary to redo the entire track or a large piece of it, it is enough to remove the damaged tile and replace it with a new one.
The path can be laid out with cobblestones, this is a fairly inexpensive and excellent option for a summer cottage. It can be laid out evenly or formed into a pattern. Cobblestone paths are often used in Japanese-style gardens. The cobblestone is laid on gravel sprinkled with a mixture of sand and clay.
Very flexible and varied in shape, gravel paths are obtained. It is poured into dug trenches, previously lined with protective material, and tamped well. To prevent gravel from scattering around the paths, it is framed with a border.
As you move deeper into the garden, you can choose paths paved with wood. For this, you can use boards, logs. The paths from a wooden saw cut look great. It is very pleasant to walk along such a path and over time they acquire a special picturesqueness. It is quite simple to build such paths. To do this, you will need logs of different sizes, from which the paving elements are made. The logs are sawn into dies 10-12 cm thick and the paths are laid out on a previously prepared platform. Such wooden "tiles" can be used to pave not only paths, it can also be used to decorate and frame flower beds and artificial reservoirs. The gaps between the dies are filled with fine gravel or sand. To protect such paths, I cover the tree with special protective compounds.
For arranging paths in the garden, no more than 2-3 materials should be used. This will help to avoid ungrouping of the general composition of the personal plot.
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