Garden – Footpath and Stepping stone
Garden did not always have a footpath or steppingstone, especially in a small garden. The footpath on garden actually serves as a circulation path that allows one to reach all parts of garden, without having to step on the grass or soil.
At first, the footpath serves as the circulation path to direct someone to the house after passing through the fence. At that time, the footpath is absolutely necessary, because the breadth of the page that surrounds a home.
Along with the changing times, the home page also becoming narrower so that its function has changed. Now, the function is left of the footpath is dominated by its role in improving the aesthetics of garden. The footpath can be an attractive accent in the middle of a verdant expanse of grass or a group of colorful flowers. Its existence became an attractive accent in between green moss, plants and gray sand. In addition, the footpath also serves as a footrest, especially when you’re watering the plants.
Planning
To be an element of interest and add to the beauty of the garden the footpath should be planned as well as possible. This plan involves laying and selection of shapes and materials making up the path. Do not let the laying of the the footpath carelessly disturb garden aesthetics.
The footpath is usually made to connect the park with the pavement around the house, for example carport or terrace. The distance between the footing and the other one is not too far or too close. Too much can cause people to slip and fall. While the distance is too close to step foot less comfortable and less visible if it is deemed good.
For the shape, you can choose a geometric pattern or natural. Geometric pattern is represented by a regular triangular shape and placement of each stone is repeated intervals. While many adopted the natural pattern of curved shapes and irregular curves.
Materials
There are various forms and types of materials you can choose to create the path. The commonly used as stone slabs, flat slabs of stone mountain mounted separately or paving block with holes where the holes of moss and grass can be allowed to grow sticking out to create a distinctive ornament. Concrete blocks, bricks or tiles can also be selected, but take that has a coarse texture that is not too slippery in the wet season and needs to be brushed to avoid mildew.
Here is some type of garden footpath and stepping stone design
There are no restrictions in choosing the footpath of material you want to create. The limit is your creativity. If you want you can also try to combine several types of materials to create a good combination.
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