Do you love the wooden walkways in the dunes and would like to have something like that in your garden? You can't have the dunes there, but you can certainly create a wooden path that resembles the walkways on your vacation.
How do I design a wooden garden path?
To create a garden path made of wood, use durable wood such as oak or robinia, create a suitable substructure and build either a solid path or a flexible bed walkway. Pay attention to sustainable forestry and solar radiation.
In which garden would a wooden path fit?
By choosing the covering for your garden path, you are not only choosing a specific material, you may also be changing the character of your garden. Wooden paths are often created in Japanese gardens, among other places, where they serve as an important stylistic device. But wood is also often used as a footbridge on a garden pond.
What substructure does a wooden garden path need?
If you place the wood for your garden path directly on the ground, it will probably rot very quickly. You can prevent this with a suitable substructure that ventilates your wooden path well and protects it from excessive moisture. You can anchor your wooden path in the ground with the help of joist shoes or impact sleeves.
In the drive-in sleeves or joist shoes, place beam stubs that are just as long as the height of the web. Attach the crossbars to it, the length of which will determine the width of the future path. The longitudinal beams to which you attach the planks belong on the cross beams.
Are there also flexible garden paths made of wood?
If you want to design your garden path out of wood, but don't want to install it permanently, but rather be able to move it if necessary, then build a so-called bed walkway. This means you can reach your beds with dry and clean feet, then use the path somewhere else and store it in a shed or garden shed over the winter.
You don't need any special tools to make a bed walkway, just a cordless drill (€64.00 on Amazon) and a saw. Simply attach three or four roof battens in parallel on several crossbars, the length of which corresponds to the width of the finished path. To prevent your bed rail from bending too much later during use, the distance between the cross beams should not be more than about one meter.
Which wood is suitable for a garden path?
Use a durable wood for garden paths, such as oak or robinia. Tropical woods are also very suitable. However, in the interests of environmental protection, make sure that your material comes from sustainable forestry. For a flexible bed walkway, you can also use light local wood or roof battens from your hardware store. This is how you get a particularly affordable garden path.
The most important things in brief:
- Use wood from sustainable forestry
- choose durable wood for long-lasting paths
- Make a bed walkway from inexpensive roof battens
Tip
A wooden garden path should be in the sun if possible; persistent moisture will make it slippery.