[jenalden]

Hello -

I'm an interior designer who knows next to nothing about landscape design, but I've somehow found myself in the middle of a major DIY backyard renovation.

I wanted to mix up the textures on the ground, and I loved the idea of a contrast between dry laid flagstone and gravel path fines, so I included them both. You can see from the attached drawing that in lots of places, the two materials will "touch."

So what I need to know is, will this work? The current plan is to dig the bed for the flagstone to 6" deep (2" gravel, 2" sand, 2" pavers) but the gravel only needs to be 4" deep (2" gravel, 2" fines).

Should I do either one first? How do I keep one in place while I lay the other? Is this just a crazy idea?

How would you approach it? Thanks for any and all suggestions.