Buidling a small walk way onto small front lawn.

Hi folks,

I have a very small lawn at the front of the house (that's been a bit neglected!). It is a little awkward to get the mower onto. I have to use a plank to wheel the mower onto the grass, over the bed. The photo isn't the best, but the bed width is the same the whole way round. The window sill got in the way!

I have highlighted the blue area where I plan to build a small walkway. I was thinking of using a couple of paving bricks on each side to act as an edge and then have a small bit of grass in the middle for the mower to pass over. The soil is about 15cm below the lawn edge. If I got that bed to be a bit more level to the grass and dug out a small trench, added mortar and set the bricks on would that be a decent plan?

I am a relative newbie, so any advice is welcome!

little focus into getting it into shape.

 

Bricks (on their end) sound like a good idea, I wouldn't bother with the mortar to be honest. Probably just some sand to get it level.

Here's a path with bricks I've done recently:

 

I've had my borders widened recently and I've just laid a slab straight onto the soil. If it drops at any future point it's easy enough to lift it and raise the level of the soil underneath.

You could either cut it to size or else cut some of the lawn out to accommodate it, which would allow the lawnmower to run over it.