How to stabilise mulch on a gently sloping path?

[mustbebetterway]

We have a crushed rock pathway in the garden leading up to the lawn. its now 15 years old and is looking very tired. the issue is it gets lots of moss in the winter, forms ravines (in rain) down the slope and the little bits of grit get carried into the house. We want to redo it with 15-20mm stones that will work better (we hope).

Any recommendations of how we should stabilise the stones on the slope? Its about 2M long and rises about 40cm so it gentle slope. the path only has foot traffic. Thanks  

[JacobZ]

Hi @mustbebetterway,

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community, it is fantastic to have you with us.

To start with, I would install some garden edging to delineate the pathway from the surrounding area. Check out How To Install Garden Edging. With garden edging in place, the stones will be held within a defined area along the slope.

You could then place your stones along the defined strip, tamp them down with a tamper to help bed them into the soil and then apply Landscape Lock Concentrated Garden Glue to the stones. This product will glue the stones together so they do not shift underfoot while still allowing water to drain freely through the stones.

This would give you a nicely defined path, with stones that should not shift despite the slope.

Let me know what you think.

Jacob

[Dave-1]

Good Afternoon @mustbebetterway 

I have been following these products for a few years and they might work well for you.

Strol 0.5m² PebbleLock Permeable Pavers This one would work well for your path I think.

and

Strol 0.5m² SurePave Plastic Pavers Tho I think this is more heavy duty.

Maybe in conjunction with @JacobZ's suggestion so the pebbles will stay on the pathway with the edging.

Dave

[AlanM52]

Hi @mustbebetterway,

You could plastic trellis mesh pegged down with tent pegs.

Green Mesh Plastic Trellis

Cheers

[mustbebetterway]

Amazing. Thanks so much Jacob. That's exactly what I wanted to know. Not all of the path is sloped. most is flat and probably about 30m2 of path of which maybe 4M2 is sloped. do you think I need the glue for it all or just the sloped piece? 

Many thanks for your input. when I signed up for this I wasn't really sure it would work. Really impressed. Thanks Tim 

[mustbebetterway]

Thanks Dave. We looked at these. I might buy a section and just test it. It will make a big difference on costs if I have to put that down everywhere. I wonder if I can just do it on the slope? Cheers Tim

[mustbebetterway]

Many thanks. That's a great idea and cheaper probably than the egg box carton system. This community is amazing.

Cheers

Tim

[JacobZ]

Hi @mustbebetterway,

I'd just install everything, then evaluate whether you need the glue or not. You might find that tamping it and adding some restraints is enough to do what you want it to do.

If you feel you need it, add the glue to the slope, and if over time, you find the lesser sloped part moving around, you can always glue it later.

Good luck and don't hesitate to reach out if you have other questions.

Jacob

[Dave-1]

Good Afternoon @mustbebetterway 

Yeah I would probarlly use them on the slope to start with, then if you still find the pebbles drifting you could go back and rake them clear, then put down the egg carton retainers and rake the pebbles over them Its not as if the pebbles will wear away anytime soon

Dave