I was leaning that way myself.
Yardening mid March 2015
Me too--
I vote for build the path first. It will be much easier to adapt your shrubs,
grasses, plants, ground covers, etc to the existing areas and limitations.
I have never had to decide on this--as I do not have "paths"--they are sidewalks.
G.
Ahem..Sally! "Mid March" is long gone....So is Mid-April.
Would you like to update this Thread?
We could continue with planning Robin's new path.
Thanks. G.
Glad you were listening to those plants, Holly, or you might have missed it when they said they wanted to move north. Hehehehe
I say plan the path and the plants at the same time, unless you have no limitations on where you can plant things in your yard.
What I mean is, say you have tree roots, cruddy growing conditions or some obstacle in a place where you will not be able to plant anything....that will be a good area for the path.
On the other hand, if you have a perfect place for something you really want to grow, you don't want the path there.
Most of all, paths should always follow the route you're going to take!
I had a landscaper over the other day to plan a rock path in my yard, and I told him I wanted it 2' closer to the house than he recommended because that is the path I take from my driveway to the back yard.
working on a new thread...go here
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1391493/
or look for this cutie
Catbird you could lay something down on the ground like a long garden hose and walk that path a few times and see how it feels. You can look for a worn spot in the grass where you have been regularly walking to help with the designing of the path. Our first path around the side of the house followed the worn grass where the dog ran around. We put in stepping stones following that path and it stayed that way till we enlarged the flower bed in from and moved the path out in more of a semi circle to match the semi circle stone wall on the other side.
From a landscapers perspective, one installs the hardscapes first, and then goes back and sets their plants once all the clean-up from the hardscaping is done. When you install hardscapes your disrupt a zone wider than your finished product, and this disruption needs to be remediated before planting. You can plan it all in advance, but definitely install your hardscapes first.
good advice, now go to the new thread -link above- before I sic my koala on you guys
Haha Sally! You're such a stickler LOL