22 February 2025
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In an extract from his new book,Your Outdoor Room,garden designer Manoj Malde provides a step-by-step guide to creating your perfect garden pathway
contemporaneous garden
Staggered plank lay as a path where plant soften the side and some primer coat screen plants creep into the gap between the timber .
Encaustic roofing tile track with bold artwork .
A modern crazy pave path with sawn unclouded - slash flag laid in a random pattern . The pointing disruption can be filled with crushed rock or ground cover planting .
Cottage garden
Old plank over from seaside piers can be reprocess and make a pathway for a coastal cottage garden . Also , sandstone setts used both as an edging along a gravel path and square or diamond shapes within the path . Old microprocessor chip of brick and china mixed into the crushed rock contribute the course a sensation of time . Flagstones set with big gaps to allow for a crushed rock infill and priming coat - cover planting . Get creative by laying a photomosaic with pebbles within the big gap .
Staggered planks CREDIT: James Lee Design
Nipponese garden
A raised path created from decking plank installed above the gravel to evoke a signified of track over water . — Large , rounded paddle stones softly rising from the gravel ( or moss ) give a spiritual look .
prospicient stone planks combined with bit of broken stone in random sizes ; offer a dandy chance to recycle old stone slab .
Stone slabs can be laid in gravel for modern and cottage garden
Moresque garden
Lay two unlike color of zellige tiles in zig - zag patterns , one colour row next to another . Zellige tile are better suitable to hot , dry climates as they are slippy . However , the same shape and colours are available as encaustic tile . Use pebbles of dissimilar colours to create an intricately model route that resembles a kilim stolon ( rug ) .
laic clay or encaustic pavers in a classic herringbone pattern , or in zigzag - zag rows as for the zellige tile , using two different colours .
Tips on non - slip surface
If you live in a cold-blooded , wet climate , prime material for path and terrace that are suitable for your garden environment . Tiles and slabs with highly polished surfaces will become slippy when wet or in snowy experimental condition . Exterior surface materials , whether for path or patios , should have an R10 or R11 slippage paygrade , so confirm this with your supplier . Also check that materials are frost validation .
Zellige floor tiles at the Secret Garden, Marrakech.
Brick steps in a family garden CREDIT Sarah Kay Garden Design
