Challenge: Access to hose is cumbersome through the garden bed, and plant material often is wrecked as the hose is pulled off the reel. Solution: Instead of trying to hide your hose with plant material, improve your access and protect your plants by creating an informal pathway with stone. Incorporate decorative metal stakes to define the beds and pathways, which keeps the hose out of the beds and use plants near the hose bib that can handle the abuse of an unruly hose.