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How To Choose The Perfect Paving For Your Landscaped Garden

When it comes to home landscape design, most designers will include certain elements and features that are the most common, and one of those features that many clients want is paving. Paving provides a solid surface upon which to walk or park the car, and often, this is as much for safety and convenience purposes, such as when the client is elderly, as it is for aesthetics.

One of the most significant advantages of paving is that it can provide as many benefits about practical considerations as it does when thinking about the visuals of a landscaped garden. Of course, maximizing those benefits requires careful consideration of the paving to be laid, and below, we have outlined how you can make the best possible paving choices.

Choosing Paving Types

For most landscaped garden designs, you have two main choices as to the paving you use, namely composite materials and quarried stone. Both have pros, cons, and different characteristics, so careful consideration has to be given to each.

Quarried stone provides the natural option; for many, the beauty of granite or slate, the two main types, outweighs any other consideration. They are strong, stable, and offer timeless beauty.

Composite materials, including precast concrete and brick, are also highly durable and have fewer maintenance requirements. While they might not have the natural aesthetic beauty of quarried stone, they provide a much cheaper option for those with budget constraints.

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Multiple Paving Options For Garden Walkways And Patios

Multiple Paving Options For Garden Walkways And Patios

In most landscaping designs, there will be walkways so that those who own the garden and those who use it, such as their family, have a clear and safe means of traversing it. Within many landscape designs, the walkways will be some form of paving rather than decking, for example. Where space allows, paved patios are also an extremely sought-after landscaping feature.

Thankfully, there is no shortage of options when it comes to paving choices. Intreeg Landscapes in Sydney advise both the type of paving materials and the patterns that can be created within walkways and patios. Anyone considering walkways or a patio for their garden should seek advice from their landscapers. Still, we have outlined some of the more popular paving options below to get you started.

Paving Types

Your options for paving types will be influenced by several things such as your budget, the available space, what the paving is to be used for, and the aesthetic goals you have for the appearance of your garden. Here are some of the most popular paving types:

  • Stone: If you use stone for paving, you are guaranteed that the sizes and shapes of those stones will be unique. There will also be variations in textures and colours too. However, if you prefer uniformity then you can request cut stones whereby the sizes and shapes should be alike.
  • Bricks: For a simple and inexpensive option for patios and walkways, few paving options fit the bill more than bricks. You can even source second-hand bricks if you want to save even more money. Bricks can be coloured to suit your needs, and the laying pattern can fit in with your garden’s aesthetics.

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