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Entrance Areas and Walkways

Flagstone

This entrance area is defined by granite posts. The walkway connects the asphalt driveway with the main entrance and also connects to the parking area in the back of the picture. The planting is kept playful, with a standard Korean Lilac, lots of lavender, roses, grasses and a low hedge of Crimson Pygmy Barberry.

Materials: Granite posts, rock boulders for driveway edging, cobblestone for walkway edging, irregular bluestone for walkway.

The playful design of this entrance is achieved through the curved lines, granite posts, irregular flagstone and an ornamental stone that is fitted into the walkway. This photo is taken shortly after planting. Fullness will be achieved in one season.  

The entrance area to this summer house in Cape Neddick is worked out in a very rustic manner with hand quarried granite steps and walls, and large rock boulders. Lavender is planted along the sides of the walkway to welcome guests. The right side of the walk is planted predominantly with tall and colorful perennials. The left side leads over some ledge and down a slope and is kept much simpler, with mass plantings of Blue Fescue and the beautiful creeping and evergreen Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursii), and drifts of Magic Carpet Spirea, Mugho Pines and Dwarf Korean Lilac. Since the left side is ledgy and shallow, these plants are selected for their drought resistance.

These photos were taken right after planting. They will be upgraded after the first season. 

After reaching the main door, a downgraded, narrower walkway continues through the garden. The heavy slabs are perfect in this kind of woodland setting.

These heavy stones are installed on fine gravel.

This house in the woodlands has an informal flagstone walkway that is just as rustic as the house itself.  

Driveway and lawn are cleanly separated by an edging of heavy flagstone. The garage is only occasionally used and is accessible via flagstone tire tracks in the lawn. This allowed

 for a shortening of the gravel driveway and more green.

A quality sign of a flagstone walkway: large stones give it stability, tight joints make it easier to walk and avoid problems with the sequence of the steps

A tiny bluestone patio placed among flowering shrubs in the back of  the garden can be a favorite summer retreat

Materials: irregular bluestone installed on a drainage and stonedust base, retained by rock boulders

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