Creating a beautiful garden path is more than just laying down stepping stones or gravel; it’s about choosing the right plants to complement and soften the hardscape. Groundcovers are perfect ...

A stepping-stone path is an easy and inexpensive way to add the sense of style that natural stone brings to your garden. It also is a project that’s within the reach of most weekend gardeners.

Whether you are doing the work yourself or hiring a stonemason, there a few easy things to consider as you plan to make a ...

Stepping stones have a way of taking quiet charge of the tempo of the experience of a garden. Paved paths hurry you along, but stepping stones have a pace all their own — they can be used to ...

Enter to win: Great American Fall Home and Garden Refresh $100,000 Giveaway What is the best stone of a pathway. Here’s how to build stepping stone paths that last. First, select dense, hard ...

Stepping stone paths are designed to unite separate parts of a garden, often with different atmospheres. A nobedan path would be in contrast to a stepping stone path.

Nora, 4, runs across a path of concrete stepping stones set up on a backyard lawn on Tuesday afternoon in San Jose. Photo by Jeff Chiu / The Chronicle.

Stepping stones are like familiar hidden treasures that lift our moods when we come upon them in a garden path. As gardeners stroll through their garden finding what bloomed overnight, snipping ...