Tree Paver Border

The benefit of doing home projects ourselves is that we always end up with leftover supplies. This project only cost us $3 since we used the extras from previous projects. We’ve been meaning to add pavers around our other backyard tree. Here’s our first tree paver border from 2016:

The pavers we used were no longer available and we didn’t have enough 3.5″ x 7″ pavers. Luckily, we had a bunch of 11″ x 7″ pavers that we never used. So Mike cut each of the larger pavers to make 3 smaller ones:

He also had to cut some square shaped ones:

After digging out the area around the tree, we dry fit the pavers to create a similar pattern as the other tree:

We had a little help installing the weed barrier:

Our son isn’t always so helpful – practicing his mallet tossing skills instead:

Adding sand for leveling the pavers:

Leveling the pavers:

We added a plastic edging barrier to hold the pavers together:

It took extra hands to form the curve:

Filling the gaps with PermaSand joint sand:

Wetting the sand so it will harden and lock the pavers into place:

Before and After:

We’re happy with the results especially since it didn’t cost much. Now we just need to replace our dead grass with new grass or artificial grass…