alternative to grass lawn

Hi, quite new to gardening, can anyone tell me if there is an alternative to a grass lawn. I have an area of my garden which i don't want to grass but want ground cover (something different). Any ideas welcome

 

Do you still want to walk on that area? Is it sunny or shady?

 

Do you mean something similar to grass? If not you could consider gravel, paving slabs or decking.

 

would like to walk on it, few trees/shrubs are there, don't really want to use gravel, slabs etc

 

thyme makes a lovely alternative I think! Or make it into a wildflower medow and have long grass?

 

Then I think you should use creeping juniper,but it is a slow and costly business ( I tried to avoid grass, in my old garden, because I did not want to mow... it's really difficult).

 

Some fab ideas here http://www.stepables.com/
I saw an even better website when I was considering this. It had something with lilac foliage you could use-a purple lawn!
Damned if I can find it now though :(

 

Daisybelle - thats a really good site.

 

thanks for the advice, so can I mix a thyme & camomile lawn?

 

That would smell lovely when you walked on it!

 

Hi, I'm new here and I know this is an old thread but have been looking around the web for some info regarding artificial grass.

I've been thinking of buying from here: Artificial Grass

Anyone else installed an artificial lawn?