I am considering building a running path through a
garden and forested area I own. I need the path to
have the following properties:

1) Be smooth and "soft" enough for pleasant jogging

2) Be firm, smooth, and wide enough for a golf cart
or wheelchair (some of the people who would use it are
not ambulatory) There will be frequent benches
and occasional gazeebos/shelters for minimally
ambulatory folk who have to rest frequently.

3) Be relatively low maintenance -- I don't have the
energy to be constantly patching or replacing mortar.

4) Look good both in a nature setting and in a
more cultivated setting. The path will go through
some "real" garden areas as well as minimally
managed forest.

The land is rolling hill and some wetland (I have
a permit to build a wooden walkway over a part of
the marsh area). The soil is sandy.

I am looking at about five miles of pathway, with
three miles of "main" paths and two miles of
secondary/cut through paths.

Can anybody point me to a good reference on building
paths?

Thanks!

billo

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I am considering building a running path through a
garden and forested area I own. I need the path to
have the following properties:

1) Be smooth and "soft" enough for pleasant jogging

2) Be firm, smooth, and wide enough for a golf cart
or wheelchair (some of the people who would use it are
not ambulatory) There will be frequent benches
and occasional gazeebos/shelters for minimally
ambulatory folk who have to rest frequently.

3) Be relatively low maintenance -- I don't have the
energy to be constantly patching or replacing mortar.

4) Look good both in a nature setting and in a
more cultivated setting. The path will go through
some "real" garden areas as well as minimally
managed forest.

The land is rolling hill and some wetland (I have
a permit to build a wooden walkway over a part of
the marsh area). The soil is sandy.

I am looking at about five miles of pathway, with
three miles of "main" paths and two miles of
secondary/cut through paths.

You could use crushed bark, bought in bulk lorryloads from forestry
enterprises..it lasts a long time, has all the qualities you require,
and is easy to lay and top up. If you decide to alter some path
directions later on, that's easy too.

Can anybody point me to a good reference on building
paths?

www.expertpaver.co.uk

Janet.

Gene Rothert's Enabling Garden.

Be aware that "rolling hills" are difficult in a manual wheelchair.

In article ,
Kay Lancaster wrote:

Gene Rothert's Enabling Garden.

Be aware that "rolling hills" are difficult in a manual wheelchair.


Thanks!

Yeah, I know. "Rolling hills" isn't exactly correct, but I don't
know what to call it -- it's a low wetland area with the
surrounding ridges; if it were a little higher and back in
Tennessee, I'd call them small "hollers." Anyway, I can run the
paths along the isolines in most areas, to avoid most of the
marsh and minimize the grade.

billo

In article ,
Janet Baraclough wrote:

You could use crushed bark, bought in bulk lorryloads from forestry
enterprises..it lasts a long time, has all the qualities you require,
and is easy to lay and top up. If you decide to alter some path
directions later on, that's easy too.

Can anybody point me to a good reference on building
paths?

www.expertpaver.co.uk

Janet.


Thanks!

billo