Do you love the wooden walkways in the dunes and would you like something like that in your garden? You can't have the dunes there, but you can create a wooden path that resembles the jetties on your vacation.

A wooden garden path looks pleasantly natural

In which garden does 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. For example, wooden paths are often used in Japanese gardens, where they serve as an important stylistic device. But wood is also often used as a bridge on a garden pond.

What substructure does a wooden garden path need?

If you lay the wood for your garden path directly on the ground, it will probably rot rather 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 drive-in sleeves.

In the drive-in sleeves or the joist hangers, place the stumps of the joists that are just as long as the bridge is to be high. Fasten the crossbeams on it, with the length of which you determine the width of the future path. The longitudinal beams on which you fasten the floorboards belong on the crossbeams.

Are there also flexible garden paths made of wood?

If you would like to design your garden path out of wood, but not permanently block it, but rather be able to move it if necessary, then build a so-called bed bridge. You can reach your beds with dry and clean feet, then use the path elsewhere and store them in a shed or in the garden shed (€24.90) over the winter.

You don't need any special tools to make a bed bridge, just a cordless drill and a saw. Simply attach three or four battens in parallel on multiple crossbeams that are equal in length to the width of the finished path. The distance between the crossbeams should not be more than about one meter so that your bed bridge does not sag too much later on when it is used.

Which wood is suitable for a garden path?

Above all, use a durable wood for garden paths, such as oak or robinia. Tropical woods are also very suitable. In terms of environmental protection, however, make sure that your material comes from sustainable forestry. For a bed bridge that can be used flexibly, 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 essentials in brief:

  • Use wood from sustainable forestry
  • choose durable wood for lasting paths
  • Make bed bridge from cheap roof battens

tips

A garden path made of wood should be in the sun if possible, as persistent moisture makes it slippery.

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Garden design