Make a Gravel Garden Path

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by Annie
3 Materials
$300
2 Days
Easy

Here's an easy weekend DIY yard project. Pathways add visual interest to your yard and look beautiful winding around a flower bed.


But a pathway can also help solve a soggy yard problem. If your entry path to your front door is always wet, a gravel path will fix that. And it will add value to your home as well.

If you have a well used pathway, consider improving it with gravel and edging. You won't ever have to deal with puddles of water or muddy feet ever again.

First, dig out any sod in the path. Be sure to get all the grass out of there. Then level the walkway using a rake.

We used landscape fabric and I really recommend it. This will stop any weeds from coming up under the gravel. It is well worth buying a roll!


We also used rubber edging along both sides of the path. This helps to keep the gravel out of the flower beds.

After this prep work is done, it's time to start adding gravel. We just used a wheelbarrow to get the gravel in place. We ended up with the gravel two inches deep.


Rake the gravel out smoothly ;it will settle further as you walk on it.

The area we ended up covering with gravel was quite large. Still this took us one weekend to get done.

Here's the finished walk way. We love it and it has stood up for several years now with no maintenance.


I made the flower bed just before we added the walkway. Here's how I made that perennial flower bed.


For special tips and more step by step instructions on how to make your own path, check out the article on our website, Country Living in a Cariboo Valley.

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  • Nancy Nancy on May 25, 2019

    Are the purple and white flowers iris? They are gorgeous! Love your walkway, too!

  • Huntress Huntress on May 25, 2019

    How much gravel did you order for your walkway ?

  • Lavon Jordan Lavon Jordan on Jun 12, 2019

    We have dogs and Im looking for ideas for a path around our pool fir them to go potty where I can hoses it of !! Any ideas ??

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  • JkcMaine JkcMaine on Jul 28, 2021

    Do you have a tip for making the edging straight? I switched to aluminum because it’s always straight. And I’m trying to reduce plastic use. We have plastic in one area and it’s so uneven.

  • Annie Annie on Jul 28, 2021

    I sure do not, which is partly why we went with more of a curved pathway :)

    The plastic edging came with those spikes, you can buy extra and hammer them in closer together than what they suggest. That's really the only thing I can think of.


    Aluminum sounds like a great idea!

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