Design ideas for enchanting garden walkways

Garden walkways are a fantastic way to enhance your Scottsdale landscape. By setting up a network of paths through your yard you will create an inviting, dynamic landscape that is filled with interest for you and guests to your home or workplace.

Adding garden walkways to your Scottsdale landscape is not as simple as it may sound, however. It is important to consider a few factors to create a design that works well with your property and your goals.

Choosing the Right Material

 One of the first steps in setting up garden walkways in your Scottsdale landscape is choosing the  materials for the pathways themselves. You have a few options for pathways, from paver stones laid into the ground, to tile, rock, or even wood. How can you choose the right material for your path?

One good way to select a material is to decide if you want your pathways to blend in or stick out. If you want to create a cohesive look it is a good idea to mimic some of the other materials in your landscape. If there are a lot of natural features like stone, a stone walkway will easily match the rest of your yard.

If you would rather draw attention to the walkways themselves, choose a material that sticks out. You can use a contrasting texture, or pick a brighter color.

Whatever you decide, take the longevity of the material into consideration and think about any upkeep you may have to do in the future. Choose something that works well with your capabilities and lifestyle.

Landscaping Around Walkways

 If your walkways do not blend in well with their surroundings they make look like a strange afterthought. It is important to treat the walkways like a landscape feature on their own, and work them into the rest of the yard. This could mean edging the walkways with plants, wrapping them around other features like ponds or statues, or setting up small areas to sit and enjoy the garden and the walkway with a bench or a few chairs.

Think about where you want the walkways to lead, and work them into existing landscaping features or plan to add more detailed features as you construct the pathway. The path should take people around your yard in a logical, interesting way instead of leading to nothing of interest.