A square garden measuring 8 m on a side is surrounded by a 1 m wide path. What is the area of the path?

• A.  \[\text{8}{{\text{m}}^{\text{3}}}\]           
• B.  \[\text{9}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}\]
• C.  \[\text{28 }{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}\]        
• D.         \[\text{36}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}\]