Garden path around a bed
Estimate a rectangular border path without counting the planted center.
How this works
Path area = expanded outer rectangle minus the inner bed rectangle.
Example
Using the example inputs, path area is 28 m².
- Bed length
- 8 m
- Bed width
- 4 m
- Uniform path width
- 1 m
- Path material depth
- 0.1 m
- Path area
- 28 m²
Scope and assumptions
Uniform path on all four sides; no compaction or drainage design.
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