“The attractiveness and convenience of the site largely depends on how the paths are planned and executed, for the design of which they mainly use various cheap and available local materials. For entering a utility yard, driving to a garage or parking place from the gate to the house you need a road that can withstand significant loads. It can be made of crushed stone or concrete on a sandy base with a width of 2.5 - 3 m. A garden-type road surface includes one or several structural layers consisting of various materials, which are laid on a special bed of paths or platforms. The main purpose of the road surface is to give the paths and areas strength, resistance to precipitation and comfort for both movement and recreation...” Every owner of a summer cottage dreams of turning it into a piece of paradise. And this can only be done by answering all the numerous questions that arise when implementing a development project. How to arrange an alpine slide, a swimming pool with a cascade, a lawn with green vases on the site? Where and how to properly lay paths, make ramps, stairs? What material can be used for this? And in general, where to start? Brochures from the “Building a Dacha” series will help you find answers to these and many other questions.