Design This is the third in a series about how to create a garden that is a unified work of art. Moving through a garden is like listening to music. The mood can change as you move through it. Repeating patterns throughout music, and throughout the garden will make it feel like a unified work of art, even if the various parts have contrasting moods and color schemes. One of the more obvious ways to weave a pattern throughout the garden is to have paths with a design in the paving.
Bricks almost demand to be arranged in a pattern.
Concrete pavers can be used as stepping stones, as, of course can real stones. The Japanese are masters of this art. In the 17th century stroll garden at Katsura, some of the stones are arranged in long rectangles, while the rest of the stones are arranged in curved patterns. This can give the feeling of moving through a musical composition. An interesting approach might be to arrange the stones like the notes in a favorite piece of music.