I like your garden as it is @B3. You don't need another path and your lawn sets off all the plants in your borders really nicely. You could perhaps clear the path a little to avoid slipping when wet. Possibly redefining the border edges with a half moon spade or similar will give the lawn a new look without much effort! I like having the green of a lawn over winter especially. Plus it's a very popular source of worms for blackbirds in particular - I'm convinced they repay me for maintaining the lawn by removing any unwanted pests!
I got rid of mine, and not because of the problem many folk have of keeping them green in summer [no problem here] but because it was needing attention after having builders traipsing across it, then scaffolding and a roofer, a couple of years later. I just took it all out, gravelled it, and put the bigger pond, and more plants, in there instead. It really depends on whether you like having the grass, and don't mind it's maintenance, or just fancy a change, and a new view.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thank you @Plantminded. I usually keep it half-mooned no real effort but I've sort of lost interest in it. I think it's the time of year. The garden looks best in spring/ early summer. Apart from VB and the odd plant most stuff is either gone over or crispy . Maybe interesting drought tolerant plants in the existing beds would be the way to go.
Do you like grasses @B3? They need very little attention and many are drought tolerant once established. I never water my grasses. For the deciduous ones, a quick cut down with a hedge trimmer in early March is all you need to do. You'll get lots of winter interest too:
Well, you either like them or you don't @B3! What about Euphorbias? There are many different varieties to choose from, again easy and drought tolerant. Many are evergreen too.
I would create a sinuous path that wove gently from one side to the other, leading to a bench or some other destination, and plant up the rest. It could be a grass path carved out of the existing lawn (although that would involve a lot of edging!)
"What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour".
@JennyJ My neighbour has some but he has a low hedge around his. With a spinney at the end of the road which is used by teenagers drinking cheap lager, I still think he's asking for trouble!
@Fairygirl I know what you mean. I'd already decided to remove the grass but after I'd finished the raised beds it was completely trashed.
It was definitely beyond repair and a returf would have been costly😬
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It really depends on whether you like having the grass, and don't mind it's maintenance, or just fancy a change, and a new view.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
That looks lovely but I don't think we can count on snow.
@Fairygirl I know what you mean. I'd already decided to remove the grass but after I'd finished the raised beds it was completely trashed.
It was definitely beyond repair and a returf would have been costly😬