Path Ways Recipes

If you want to make a path in your fairy garden you probably already have an idea of what style or theme you are creating. We choose the kind of paths we are making according to the color of the fairy cottage used or the foliage color but also what the path leads up to.

This path is using patio mix, so it is no doubt the strongest and most durable. It will not be washed away by a heavy rain or get overgrown by plants, so keep that in mind when choosing.

• Edging
• Sand - 1.5 lb
• Mini Path and Patio Mix
• Mosaic Stepping Stones, Gray, 18 Pieces

You start out compressing the soil where the path will be. Insert the edging that confines the path. Add sand as a base and then a layer of the patio mix. Next, you lay out the stepping stones in a pattern you like. You can tamper them down with a piece of wood or brick to make it level. Now you add some more patio mix. It will fall in between the stones and between the stones and the edging. Brush or blow the excess patio mix away and then mist the path several times until the water pools. Go back a couple more times and repeat this even hours later to make sure it is wet. If you wish to, you can remove the edging later when it is completely dry (about 2 days).

This is a path that keeps the weeds from growing through as well as helps the gravel from mixing with the underlying soil.

• Weed fabric
• Fine Pea Gravel - 1 lb
• Small stones

Edge the path with small stones you can pick up anywhere you live.

The easiest way to make a path is this method.

• Edging
• Zen Gravel 1/8" - 1 lb, Color Choices

Press down your path way area and then add the gravel. Choose your preferred color from the larger 1/8" size Zen gravel.

The easiest way to make a path is this method.

• Edging
• Zen Gravel 1/16" - 1 lb, Color Choices

Press down your path way area and then add the gravel. Choose your preferred color from the finer 1/16" size Zen gravel.

• Fine Pea Gravel - 1 lb
• Stepping Stones, Ancient Square, Set of 6

Place stepping stones on top of the path way gravel.

• Decorative Pebbles or
  Forest Glass Pebbles or
  Sunset Glass Pebbles
• Porcelain Blue Stones

Use colorful pebbles. We have 3 different colors to choose from. This can also be a river if you leave out the porcelain blue stones.

Here we picked the most popular kind of path way mix. The river rock is very natural looking with its soft cream and tan tones.

• Mini River Rock

Press down your path way area and then add the gravel.

Adding plants to the path is a nice touch.

• Mosaic Stepping Stones, Gray, 18 Pieces
• Thymus serpyllum, Elfin Thyme or
  Sedum mentha requienii, Miniature Stonecrop or
  Leptinella gruveri, Fairy Fern

Position the stepping stones. Add small pieces of Thyme, Sedum mentha or Leptinella.

You can use several different kinds of fences to frame the path. These are the types we very often use:

• Daisy Fence, Color Options
• Wire Edging

The Flower Top Gazebo can serve as destination for your path.