Homes & Gardens Garden paths: Planning, choosing materials, building and great ground cover choices Updated: Mar. 14, 2013, 10:00 p.m. | Published: Mar. 14, 2013, 9: ...

When designing a new garden path, the first thing to think about is direction. People want to move quickly between the front gate and the front door, so a straight path is best.

Garden gates and doorways are full of promise and provide a real design opportunity to move from one gardening style to another, as Stacilyn Feldman, Principal, Oehme, Van Sweden explains: ...

Guided by the golden fenestration, guests cross the couple’s wide lawn, through a cedar garden gate, and follow a fieldstone path lined with tomato plants to a hops-covered pergola that serves as an ...

At entries and gates, wheelchair paths should be a minimum of 32 inches wide. Another important issue for wheelchair accessibility is the grade or slope.

Another solution would be to put paths either around the current lawn area, or, depending on its size and the design of the garden, meandering through the area, and plant low, shrubby plants ...

IF YOU’RE a fan of Beyond the Garden Gate, the popular garden tour of great Ross gardens on Mother’s Day weekend, make sure you go this year — there won’t be another until 2016. “We are ...