Creating Scented Garden Paths
and Walkways
Creating a garden path or walkway which
is filled with wonderful scents is fairly easy to do, and you'll
love the end results! There are actually several ways to create
scented walkways and garden paths, so here we'll look at each...
1. Plant small scented flowers and herbs between your walkway
stones. If you have a walkway or path in place already, or you plan
to create one soon, one of the easiest things to do is add flowers
and herbs which will release their scent each time someone walks the
path.
Planting lavender between your pathway stones for instance, will
provide beauty as well as scent. Whenever you or someone else walks
down your garden path, their feet will brush up against or crush the
lavender, and this causes it to release more of its sweet smell.
Other plants you might want to consider for this technique include
low growing herbs or flowers which have a strong smell such as
lemongrass, sage, or rosemary.
2. Plant bushes or flowers along either side of your walkway. If you
have plenty of scented bushes and shrubs, or flower beds with sweet
smelling flowers in place already, then all you need to do here is
create the walkway. This can be fun because putting the garden path
in after already having blooming flowers and bushes in place,
usually means you'll have to create something of a winding and
meandering path through your garden. And these are some of the most
enjoyable kinds of garden paths you can have, because they allow you
to slowly stroll through your plants and flowers, taking the time to
enjoy them leisurely with all of your senses.
If you're starting a brand new garden however, then you'll of course
have a great deal of freedom in choosing what plants and flowers
will be along either side of the garden walkway. And this is also
fun, because you'll get to discover a whole world of scented
flowers, plants, bushes and shrubs to choose from.
3. Put arbors and arches over your walkway, and grow scented
climbing vines. This last idea combines the previous two to some
extent, and it works quite well for putting scented garden paths
into narrow spaces, while also helping to create additional shade
and quiet space within the garden too.
An overhead walkway simply incorporates some type of arched
structure or frame that is both high and wide enough for people to
walk comfortably through. Once the structure is in place, you'll
simply plant climbing vines which produce scented flowers for as
many seasons of the year as possible. As the vines mature, they'll
climb your walkway's arched structure, and eventually encompass it
completely. And when the flowers start blooming of course, even
approaching near the walkway will be a wonderful experience.
