13 Garden Floor Decorating Ideas That Will Wow Your Neighbors

Last Updated on October 31, 2021 by Phil

Looking for garden floor decorating ideas to spruce up sections of your backyard? We’ve got some spectacular looking designs that will take your breath away.

Some are beautiful yet simple to make, whereas other are just downright stunning to look at.

Let’s get started.

Beautiful Garden Floor Decorating Ideas

Garden Path from Repurposed Items

I love this design because it uses randomness to create something beautiful and unique. And, since you’re using repurposed item destined for the junk, it’s a win-win.

The best thing is everyone has some of these thing lying around somewhere that they don’t need anymore. The key is to putting them to good use.

Colorful Spiral

If you have any space that looks blank or needs some decorating, this lovely tail design is perfect. It is part whimsy and fun. Its colors also bring out a some joy to whoever sees it.

Leaf Stepping Stone

This is one of the prettiest designs I’ve seen. The way the bright, colorful leaf is made on the stepping stone makes it look amazing.

This ranks among our top garden floor decorating ideas because of how it is able to bring any section of soil or concreate to life almost instantly.

Decorative Stone Garden Flooring

If you enjoy abstract design like me, this is something you’ll appreciate. It makes use of rocks of many different styles, designs, sizes and shapes all put together like a piece of art.

Individually, they may not look like much. But, when they’re together, they look magnificent.

Footprints in the Soil

These stone footprints are fun and lovely to look at. They also bring a little whimsy to your garden.

And, the best part is, you can place them anywhere.

In fact, you can get the kids on it too. A lovely garden project would be to get molds of your kids feet and create footprints like these somewhere in the garden like their favorite playing spots as kids.

Rock Surfaces

These stepping stones and surfaces give your garden character that isn’t always naturally present in nature. By bringing many different rocks together and turning them into lovely pieces, you’re able to add more areas of attention to your garden.

Stone Walking Path

Here are a few more different ways to use stones on garden floors.

One of the best things about stone is you can use them to create any formation or pattern. This gives you free reign on what design you want to make with the garden floor being your canvas.

Plus, you get to decide which stones, colors, sizes and texture you get to use.

Mosaic Garden Path

In case you want to add more color, mosaic patterns are a good choice.

In this one, the mosaic designs use varying colors that go well the plants around it as they care random and not uniform as well.

Pebble Garden Floor Patterns

If you don’t like spending the time to create pieces that that need to be embedded into the soil, here’s one where you can use the weight of the rocks to keep them in place.

By doing, you can adjust or modify the design as needed.

This is perfect if you enjoy changing things up every few months or so to freshen up the look of your garden.

Follow the Butterflies Walkway

While creating stepping stones from various rocks allow you to produce amazing decorations, you can likewise opt for more complex shapes.

These stepping stones create a walking path made from colorful butterflies. Not only are they beautiful, but each of the butterflies in the path is different from the others.

Concrete Brick and Stone Flooring

For edges, borders and corners, you can use a combination of stones, concrete slabs and bricks to create different patterns.

Here’s a lovely example that’s magnificent to look at. And, while it takes a bit of planning and design work, the end result is worth the extra effort.

Bright Mandala Stone Path

This is an amazing garden floor decorating idea that’s very easy to do. In fact, you can get your kids in on it too.

All you need is the right colored bring or fluorescent paint. You can go with the same light blue color or pick one of your favorites.

From there, all you need is to go on the web and look for mandala designs you like. Print this out and cut the design out.

From there, all that’s left to do is spray the paint on. You can also use glow in the dark paint to make them shine when it is dark.

Flower Patterns Mad from Stones

Using stones to create flower formations and covering an entire space with them makes for amazing garden décor.

You can create this on soil like you see here or alongside grass if you prefer a green backdrop.

By randomizing the positions of the flowers and using different shapes and sizes, you can create a stone flower gardn.

Sources

Garden Path from Repurposed Items – https://www.pinterest.com/pin/3096293483357185/
Colorful Spiral – https://www.pinterest.com/pin/422281193680847/
Leaf Stepping Stone – https://www.pinterest.com/pin/818810775999991290/
Decorative Stone Garden Flooring – https://www.pinterest.com/pin/497225615108820131/
Footprints in the Soil – https://www.pinterest.com/pin/46091596175631734/
Rock Surfaces – https://www.pinterest.com/pin/2251868552524115/
Mosaic Garden Path – https://www.pinterest.com/pin/139330182210922006/
Pebble Garden Floor Patterns – https://www.pinterest.com/pin/578360777127992268/
Follow the Butterflies Walkway – https://www.pinterest.com/pin/80361174577662287/
Bright Mandala Stone Path – https://www.pinterest.com/pin/294704369360378187/
Flower Patterns Mad from Stones – https://www.pinterest.com/pin/41376890319179898/