Garden paths are not only functional, they can be decorative finishing off the garden look, adding texture and interest to the space. The most common garden path materials are flagstone, wood and brick but if you want something more special, how about some concrete stepping stones? Concrete stepping stones or pavements can be bought in any store but if you need something special, make some embossed and imprinted stepping stones yourself.
Embossed Concrete Stepping Stones Pros
Such stepping stones can make your garden paths unique and very personalized: you can create your personal arrangement of leaf and flower stepping stones adding other pieces: mosaic ones, word imprinted ones and usual stone and brick, too. Such stepping stones can be made without breaking the budget, and building or maintaining such a path is very easy.
Beautiful carved leaf stepping stones can accent your garden path, you can buy ready ones or make some yourself.
Colorful maple leaves are a cool solution for a path or any other space. They are a nice accent.
These concrete stepping stones are made using rhubarb leaves and they make it more natural, though the material isn't natural at all.
Pretty concrete leaf stepping stones will make your path more beautiful and eye-catchy making it more comfortable for walking.
Colorful maple leaves can make any outdoor space more eye-catchy and interesting, paint them your favorite colors.
A round leaf embossed stepping stone will be a nice addition to the path, it looks creative and natural.
You can emboss your stepping stone with all kinds of things you have at hand: baskets, doilies, various surfaces.
Embossed Concrete Stepping Stones Cons
If you want to make some stepping stones yourself, it will take some time and effort. Concrete isn’t the most durable material that can withstand all the weather conditions, it can crack and also get discolored cause of excessive sun. If the stepping stones are too thick or laid non-properly, it may be difficult to walk on them.
Round stepping stones imprinted with leaves and blooms will make your guests look at each if you vary the prints.
A beautiful garden path of large colorful pebbles and rust-colored carved leaf stepping stones integrated here and there.
A round green stepping stone with fern embossments is a cool idea for many gardens, it looks unusual and quite colorful but the color is natural.
These green carved stepping stones are mae using hosta plant leaves, they bring a cool feel with its natural color and look.
A round concrete stepping stone with imprinted leaves is a beautiful, modern and natural idea, for any modern garden.
Stepping stones with imprinted leaves and a rough shape are amazing for any garden, whether it's rustic, woodland or any other.
Larger and smaller concrete stepping stones surrounded with greenery make the garden cooler and lovelier.
Small and large leaf stepping stones will add a lovely fairytale feel to the space, or can be used to give a woodland feel to the garden.
Oversized leaf stepping stones placed on grass stand out and make the path more eye-catching and cooler.
How To Make Embossed Concrete Stepping Stones?
- Take molds that you like and use cooking spray on the inside to make the removal of the stones easier. Mix the concrete according to the instructions on the box. Test the consistency using a shovel and add water or concrete mix depending on the results.
- Now pour concrete into the molds and tamp it down to remove air bubbles.
- 45 minutes later use your decorative elements to make the prints and looks you like – get an assortment of leaves and flowers to press to the concrete.
- Wait for 2-3 days to let concrete dry completely and avoid cracks.
- Flip the molds upside down and tap on them; as soon as you concrete goes out of the molds, wait for a week to let it ‘cure’.
- Create a gardne path simply sinking your stones in sand or mulch, and voila.
A large and thick concrete leaf stepping stone is a cool solution for a garden, concrete juxtaposes the greenery around.
These large and small leaf stepping stones make the path special and can be used not only for building paths but also bird baths and waterfalls.
Whimsically shaped leaf stepping stones of concrete completely covered the ground makign walking more comfortable.
This large stepping stone is a cool solution for a garden, you can make some as many as you need, and style any outdoor space.
Concrete pairs with gravel perfectly and you can make some paths using both materials and adding as many leaves as you want.
Carved and printed stones featuring basket imprints, flowers and leaves are a whole arrangement to style a space.
A gravel path accented with concrete leaves is a beautiful solution that looks much more special than a usual one.
Concrete stepping stones placed on greenery are great to make the path sturdy and stable and walk more comfortably.
Flagstone can be paired with concrete stones, you can start the path in a more traditional way but then swap to such creative leaves.
Larve leaf-shaped path is lined up with greenery and blooms that soften the look of the concrete.
How To Rock Embossed Concrete Stepping Stones?
Make garden paths and cover whole terrace spaces with these stepping stones. Leaf and flower embossed ones look amazing in concrete as the material is modern and the look is all-natural, which creates a contrast. You may use such stepping stones together with any hardscaping materials you like: pebbles, rocks, mulch, gravel and many others, they look nice with anything. If you want more interest, add color to the stepping stones painting them your fave shades but remember that if it’s wet or rainy, your colors won’t last long. Decorate your outdoors not only with flower and leaf stepping stones but also with other embossed pieces, which can be made using doilies, baskets and other patterns surfaces.
Style the space along the fence with pretty leaf-shaped concrete stepping stones to make the blank fence cooler.
A round stepping stone made with a leaf imprint can be made quite easily.
A rhubarb leaf is a nice fit for a garden, it can be rocked in any modern or rustic space.
A garden bed with wooden edging and a leaf path along it is a cool and lovely idea for a modern outdoor space.
Round embossed stones can be placed anywhere you want, put them on mulch for more stability.
Round embossed stepping stones with words and prints can be a nice and fun touch to your outdoor space.
A round stepping stone with a leaf print looks modern, fresh and catchy, its shape is laconic but the print is natural.
Round concrete stepping stones with smaller and larger leaves looks cool with moss and petals around.
Thick leaf stones surrounded with greenery and colorful foliage make up a nice and catchy garden path.
A garden path covered with pebbles and yellow triangle leaves is a beautiful and fairy-tale inspired idea.
A wide garden path done with gravel and concrete leaf stepping stones, the flower bed clad with rock edging.