Stone Paths

A stone pathway made of flat, natural stone, paving bricks, or garden stepping-stones make spectacular walkways. Stone pathways enhance the beauty of your property, while giving you a convenient place to walk around your gardens and yard. When building a stone path, some homeowners want their path to look very natural, so they install grass and stone pathways or stepping stone paths that wind and curve throughout their property. For others, installing a wet mortar stone path means there are no weeds to contend with, so once their stone paths are completed, they just sit back and enjoy the view.

Stone paths can lead you through your properties gardens and connect several areas together. The way you lay your stone garden path and the type of material you use, help define your gardens style. Making a stepping stone path that meanders through your property, gives an informal, intimate, natural feel and suits a Victorian home or even a country cottage. A garden stone pathway of brick suggests order, neatness and a more modern look, while a stepping stone path of footprint cement stones is a fun idea, leading to your swimming pool or the children’s play area. Some homeowners prefer the expansiveness and grandeur of broad, stone pathways leading the way through spectacular, tailored gardens and water features. Before you build a stone pathway, be sure to look at the different materials and designs available and then decide upon a look that you will be happy to live with for many years.

A stone pathway and garden flowers that come right to the edge or stepping stone pathways with grass growing in between seem to get more beautiful each year. Lighting your stone pathways let you enjoy the beauty of your property both day and night. Lights placed along the pathway lets you see where you are going, so they are a safety feature also. Solar lighting is a great choice for stone pathways that wind and curve because there is no wiring involved. Selecting the look of your solar lighting is the most difficult decision you have to make. Low voltage lighting gives you better overall lighting for along your stone pathway but you do have to assemble and wire them into the ground. The lights normally come in twenty or thirty watts, with the thirty-watt being the brightest. Installing a stone pathway and adding lighting will add beauty to any property.