Along the Garden Path Part 1

Are you planning on creating or remodeling a garden path?

This last year I observed a variety of garden paths while I was on garden tours.  When we created a path several years ago I selected base of River Rock path edged with smaller landscape timbers and have regretted it ever since!  The edging has worked great and is lovely to look at but the River Rock is not comfortable to walk on.   It just seems too much work to remove it and replace it with a pea gravel base, which would be so much more comfortable to walk on, etc.  I wish I had done more research before taking action!

Below is a garden path at our friend's home which he recently replaced the shredded mulch with small pine chips.  Reports are the pine chips stay in place even during downpours and not only look so natural but are comfortable to walk on and but stay in place without washing away!

With the current risk of using bagged shredded bark mulch imported from other areas of the country containing jumping worm eggs, many are changing away from using the popular shredded bark  mulch on paths, etc.