{"id":611970187590,"date":"2025-10-16T16:41:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/uncategorized\/how-to-rake-gravel\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:41:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:41:26","slug":"how-to-rake-gravel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/gardening\/how-to-rake-gravel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Rake Gravel Masterclass"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Being a Rake-y Master in the garden looks easy when you see a professional Irishman on the job, but it\u2019s a gravely serious task<\/h2>\n<p>The secret to lush, flowing gravel that wows and pleases is to start with natural, smooth gravel, and then to give it a regular raking.<\/p>\n<p>In the good old days, gravel areas were raked 2 to 4 times a month, and those guys didn\u2019t need gym memberships or rowing machines in the garage. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohn Lord says\u201d is all we need to say, really, what would we realistically add? He gets to the heart of gravel maintenance, evening out those bumps and wrinkles, some of which arise from the action of water, soil life, burrowing critters, roots, and so on, who cares, it needs sorting.<\/p>\n<p>John Lord\u2019s 3 minute online gravel raking course, below, is completely free on Youtube, and if you like, share, and subscribe to his channel that\u2019s awfully kind:<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Rake Gravel and Some Nice Plants\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c7iFG7Tu6ko?start=316&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><figcaption>And look how well the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/cherry-laurel-hedge-plants-prunus-laurocerasus-rotundifolia\">cherry laurel hedge<\/a> is doing after a hard prune at 8:42<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3>Sod Raking for a Game of Soldiers<\/h3>\n<p>That\u2019s right, raking is a pain. Life has enough pain for everyone without the driveway chipping in as well. <\/p>\n<p>You can go a whole different way with gravel by binding it in place. You could do this the \u201cproper way\u201d with resin:<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Lay A Resin Bound Pathway in 60 SECONDS | 60 Second DIY Tips | @SureSetResin\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T1pbPIRPdUE\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Then there is the \u201cmedium rare way\u201d, laying the gravel coated in PVA from the start (note that he is using sharp rock chipping gravel, not smooth natural gravel, which is what you want for a loose gravel area that gets raked):<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Using PVA (instead of resin) to set a gravel edging\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wyNHigjQgS0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Or the \u201cYOLO let\u2019s go way\u201d with a yearly application of PVA glue:<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@sevenpalmtreehouse\/video\/7405471333838081312\" data-video-id=\"7405471333838081312\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@sevenpalmtreehouse\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@sevenpalmtreehouse?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">@sevenpalmtreehouse<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ad. @Easihold is maaaagicccc \u2728 <a title=\"stoneborder\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/stoneborder?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#stoneborder<\/a><a title=\"gardenreno\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/gardenreno?refer=embed\" 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