This shows a gravel base with edging under a playground yours would be/look similar but with mulch-although you can see gravel could be used-less maintenance-also need to consider the steel edging-if you think a child might fall and hit head on edge-we could use plastic edging-but would probably need maintenance each year as it bends and 'pops' out of the ground. Could also just do a shovel edge (put straight spade in ground 3" and create just a soil edge to contain mulch as done with gardens....) but that would definitely get flattened and need to be re done each year
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Boulder Entry by drive-similar to this but larger tree! See folder in dropbox for better example
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Boulder Entry- close but not exactly alike-see dropbox folder for better example....
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Paver walkway
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Rear Landing in Pavers
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Boulder entry by drive-this is close but lower plantings would be no more than 12" or so tall so you could see boulder
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Paver walk-like front walk
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Boulders against a patio
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Rustic patio with firepit patio similar to proposed-not fireit
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Firepit style I would use
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Rustic gravel patio with boulders and firepit
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Gravel Patio with Firepit- not the color gravel I like!
Not exactly firepit either but you get the idea of the feel of the space
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Color of Gravel I was considering for trail and eventual firepit patio
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Winding Gravel Trail with gravel/stonedust-not my first choice re colors of stone
This shows a gravel base with edging under a playground yours would be/look similar but with mulch-although you can see gravel could be used-less maintenance-also need to consider the steel edging-if you think a child might fall and hit head on edge-we could use plastic edging-but would probably need maintenance each year as it bends and 'pops' out of the ground. Could also just do a shovel edge (put straight spade in ground 3" and create just a soil edge to contain mulch as done with gardens....) but that would definitely get flattened and need to be re done each year
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