RecRoad grid a wellbeing gardening — creating spaces conducive to relaxation

In 2025, gar­dens are no longer just a place for plants — they are first and fore­most spaces for regen­er­a­tion, relax­ation and men­tal health. More and more gar­den design­ers and own­ers are turn­ing their atten­tion to the con­cept of so-called well­be­ing gar­den­ing, i.e. gar­den­ing that pro­motes human well­be­ing. Seem­ing­ly tech­ni­cal ele­ments of gar­den infra­struc­ture — such as paving — are also gain­ing impor­tance in this con­text. One solu­tion that fits in per­fect­ly with this idea is RecRoad park­ing grate from Samm­ler.

Wellbeing gardening — what is it?

Well­be­ing gar­den­ing is an approach to gar­den design that focus­es on com­fort, health and har­mo­ny. It is not just about aes­thet­ics, but about cre­at­ing a space that:

• is con­ducive to relax­ation and tran­quil­li­ty,
  
• allows con­tact with nature,
  
• sup­ports phys­i­cal activ­i­ty in a gen­tle way (e.g. walk­ing in the gar­den),
  
• gives a sense of secu­ri­ty and order,
  
• has a ther­a­peu­tic effect — whether for adults, chil­dren or seniors.
  

Such gar­dens can be found at pri­vate homes, in recre­ation­al spaces, but also at health cen­tres, edu­ca­tion­al estab­lish­ments or com­pa­nies con­cerned with the well­be­ing of their employ­ees.

The role of paving in a wellbeing garden

One of the key, but often under­es­ti­mat­ed ele­ments of the gar­den are paths and sur­faces. They set the rhythm of move­ment in the gar­den, influ­ence its visu­al order, but also have a direct impact on the com­fort of use — e.g. through the sta­bil­i­ty of the ground, the way water drains or the aes­thet­ic impres­sion.

Heavy, over­whelm­ing con­crete or asphalt sur­faces have no place in a well­be­ing gar­den. Instead, more ‘soft’, nat­ur­al and eco­log­i­cal solu­tions are increas­ing­ly being used — such as RecRoad park­ing grate.

The RecRoad grille — natural harmony and functionality

RecRoad is a mod­ern park­ing grid made from recy­cled plas­tic that allows you to build long-last­ing, sta­ble sur­faces while keep­ing your sur­round­ings green. It can be infilled with grass, soil, grav­el or oth­er nat­ur­al mate­r­i­al to suit the style of the gar­den and the needs of the users.

In the con­text of well­be­ing gar­den­ing, RecRoad brings sev­er­al impor­tant ben­e­fits:

1. Nat­ur­al aes­thet­ics — peace for the sens­es

In a gar­den con­ducive to relax­ation, the appear­ance and con­sis­ten­cy of the mate­ri­als with the nat­ur­al sur­round­ings is of great impor­tance. RecRoad grids with green infill (e.g. grass or moss) cre­ate a sta­ble yet nat­ur­al sur­face that is not vis­i­ble from a dis­tance. They do not dom­i­nate the space — they just com­ple­ment it. This effect helps to reduce ten­sion, improves mood and pro­motes men­tal relax­ation.

2. Sta­bil­i­ty and secu­ri­ty — com­fort for all gen­er­a­tions

Well­be­ing is also about safe­ty. The RecRoad grid cre­ates a sta­ble sur­face that makes it eas­i­er for chil­dren, the elder­ly and peo­ple with lim­it­ed mobil­i­ty to move around. Com­pared to loose grav­el or uneven slabs, RecRoad does not shift, col­lapse or cre­ate mud — mak­ing every­day gar­den use more com­fort­able.

3. per­me­abil­i­ty and micro­cli­mate — more green, less con­crete

RecRoad sup­ports the nat­ur­al cir­cu­la­tion of water in the gar­den — it does not block the flow of rain­fall, but allows it to soak into the ground. This in turn improves the micro­cli­mate of the gar­den, reduces soil drought and cre­ates more favourable con­di­tions for plants and pol­li­nat­ing insects. The water stays where it belongs — in the soil and not in the drains.

4. Silence and sound­proof­ing — less noise, more relax­ation

Unlike hard sur­faces, which ampli­fy noise (e.g. wheels, foot­steps, falling objects), paving with RecRoad grille has a sound­proof­ing effect. This is par­tic­u­lar­ly impor­tant in gar­dens designed for relax­ation, med­i­ta­tion or remote out­door work.

5. Ecol­o­gy and aware­ness — com­fort with a sense of respon­si­bil­i­ty

The RecRoad Grille is a prod­uct made from recy­cled mate­ri­als, which fits per­fect­ly with the grow­ing need to cre­ate envi­ron­men­tal­ly respon­si­ble spaces. Using it gives the user not only phys­i­cal com­fort, but also a men­tal sense of ‘doing some­thing good’ for the plan­et — which is of great impor­tance in terms of over­all well-being.

RecRoad in practice — where will it work best?

In gar­dens based on the con­cept of well­be­ing gar­den­ing, the RecRoad trel­lis can be used, among oth­er things, as:

• pave­ment for a med­i­ta­tive path among the green­ery,
  
• eco-friend­ly dri­ve­way or park­ing space,
  
• sen­so­ry path for chil­dren and adults,
  
• a sta­ble base for the seat­ing area,
  
• access to the gaze­bo, ham­mock area or pond.
  

If you dream of a gar­den that tru­ly sup­ports your well-being — bet on solu­tions that are as friend­ly to you as they are to the envi­ron­ment.