Difference Between Patio Stones and Stepping Stones - All You Need to Know

Last Sunday morning me and Andy Smith, an avid garden designer by profession, took seats on the patio and enjoyed the morning coffee together. 

Since I too have an interest in gardens,we had a discussion about whether patio stones and stepping stones are the same things. I had a set of few questions which are listed below:

What are stepping stones?

Stepping stones are paths made of stones installed with a distance comfortable to take a step. It could be not more than one and a half feet long from center to center.

How has the concept evolved?

The term stepping stones originated from rocks or stone blocks placed in a flowing natural stream or river to cross it by just a careful walk. It is to save our feet from being wet in water. It is like a single bridge or causeway to cross a natural watercourse like a water feature in a landscape. 

Later on, the same concept got ground in the garden design when people either refuse to walk on damp grass to save their feet or save grass from being hurt by human feet.

Advantages of Stepping Stones

Utility:

Indeed, stepping stones have a great utility that it saves a significant amount of fertile land from being covered under a cover of straight path paving. It is the prime reason that the shape of the stepping stone preferred round one to save maximum space ruined under the unnecessary paving.

On the other hand, it also saves precious materials like natural stones that have been used in the stepping stones path construction. Thus, it becomes a cost-effective material.

Creativity:

Andy said, “We designers are creative. We take advantage of each situation and material. Therefore, many designers have shown their creativity in stepping stone path design by giving it curves and other cool designs.”

Design Options:

Andy was true because we also were thinking of two design options from our stepping stone paths: single-step design, multiple steps design.

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