Step 1 :Calculate the total area of the garden including the path. This is a circle with a radius of 25 yards. Using the formula for the area of a circle, \(\pi r^{2}\), we substitute 25 for r and 3.14 for \(\pi\) to get the total area.
Step 2 :Calculate the area of the garden without the path. This is a circle with a radius of 19 yards. We substitute 19 for r in the formula \(\pi r^{2}\) to get this area.
Step 3 :Find the area of the path by subtracting the garden area from the total area.
Step 4 :Divide the path area by 8 to find out how many bags of sand are needed. Since we can't have a fraction of a bag, we round up to the nearest whole number.
Step 5 :Final Answer: The gardener needs \(\boxed{104}\) bags of sand.