Creating a wooden garden path - you should consider that

In which garden does a wooden path fit?

By choosing the covering for your garden path, you are not only choosing a certain material, you can also change the character of your garden. For example, wooden paths are often laid out in Japanese gardens, where they serve as an important stylistic device. But wood is also often used as a jetty on a garden pond.

What substructure does a wooden garden path need?

If you put the wood for your garden path directly on the ground, then it will probably rot very soon. You can prevent this with a suitable substructure that ventilates your wooden path well and protects it from excessive moisture. With the help of joist hangers or drive sleeves, you can anchor your wooden path in the ground.

In the drive-in sleeves or the joist hangers you put joist stubs that are barely as long as the bridge should be. On top of it you attach the cross beams, the length of which will determine the width of the future path. The longitudinal beams on which you attach the path boards belong on the cross beams.

Are there also flexible wooden garden paths?

If you would like to design your garden path out of wood, but not permanently block it, but also be able to move it if necessary, then build a so-called bed walkway. So you can reach your beds with dry and clean feet, then use the path in another place and store them in a shed or in the garden shed over the winter (7.70 € at Amazon *).

You don't need any special tools to make a walkway, just a cordless drill and a saw. Simply attach three or four roof battens in parallel to several cross beams, the length of which corresponds to the width of the finished path. So that your bed walkway does not bend too much later during use, the distance between the cross members should not be more than about one meter.

Which wood is suitable for a garden path?

Use durable wood, such as oak or robinia, for garden paths. Tropical woods are also very suitable. However, in the interests of environmental protection, make sure that your material comes from sustainable forestry. For a bed walkway 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.