Some of My Favorite Plants for Grounding

Way back when I was in college, it was a favorite pastime to go to the local park and walk barefoot.  I loved the feel of the plants on my toes!  Back then, I had never heard of grounding.

I like to dreams about having a walkable area for grounding.  Hey, a girl can dream can't she?

Here are some plants that might be suitable for walking barefoot or surrounding a grounding area.

Creeping Thyme, Thymus serpyllum

This has been on my wish list for a long time and it is drought resistant.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thymus_serpyllum


Creeping Veronica, Veronica filiformis

I love the color of the flowers!



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_filiformis


Corsican Mint, Mentha requienii

This is pretty.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentha_requienii


Snow in Summer, cerastium tomentosum

I love the white flowers that make it look like snow in summer!



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerastium_tomentosum


Catnip, Nepeta cataria

Cats love this one, too!



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catnip


Scotch Moss, Sagina Subulata Aurea

I love moss and this would be so nice to walk on.



https://homeguides.sfgate.com/care-scotch-moss-41242.html


These are my favorite choices though there are several others to choose from.

These are a few to give you some inspiration and to get you thinking about what are the best ground covers and plants to walk on?

That sounds like great toe therapy.

This same thing has long been a dream, of mine. I'm still trying to figure out how to achieve it, without a lot of heavy equipment, because of our horribly rocky-clay land. I may have to borrow our neighbor's skid steer, just to make some paths and a lovely place to sit on the ground, picnic, and nap!

I would love that also.

Aimee, welcome to the forum.

Where we previously lived I had wonderfull lawns and shade.

I now live with lots of rocks making barefoot impossible.

As Carla suggested I would need a lot of earthworks.  I can still dream...

The corsican mint and Thyme would also smell gorgeous - both in the sun and as they were walked on. Another possibility might be camomile. Apparently there is a non flowering form that makes a better ground cover, although I think it would be a pity to miss out on the flowers.

On this video he mentions how nice it smells and has a separate patch for the flowering kind of camomile (The auto translate has problems with his British accent a bit!).

Do watch out for our little bee friends that would be thrilled with all those flowering plants….