Numpty Turnip paving question ...

Yep, Loli's idea would be easier

 

And cheaper

And ... easier .... seeing as the garden has a natural slope it would be easier to work with the nature of it I suppose.

(Feeling suitably encouraged now: )

 

I left a gap between the patio and the house when I did mine. The patio slopes almost imperceptibly away from the house too, so that rainwater is carried away. In the gap between patio and house (which is maybe 2 ft wide), I sort of laied old bricks, but nice and neat, not just chucked in, and I have a few plants growing in deliberate gaps in it.

 

Depending on the paving you can make it even easier by cementing in those concrete path edges to the set width of the area you want in accordance to the size of the paving you are using to save any cutting of slabs