Author: Tamsin, Secret Garden

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Hoggin Patio with Porcelain Stepping Stones – Design takes Shape

The timber screen that now runs around the perimeter of the garden, is a great backdrop to the new hoggin patio at the end of ...
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Cemento Grey Porcelain Patio

The boys started to lay the slabs, which look stunning when wet. They started working from the front edge towards the back door, so that ...
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Slate and Yellow Limestone Patio

Once the slabs were cut, they were laid out to get a feel for the overall look of the patio. The height of the patio ...
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Terracotta Paver Design Before and After

If you are keen to see how this project started out, take a look at our earliest post here. And if you are interested in ...
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Yellow Limestone Patio with Timber Screen Continues…

The slabs were cut to fit around the posts and raised timber borders. Mixes were made for not only the patio but also for the ...
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Constructing a Retaining Wall

When smashing up the old patio, we kept a fair bit of it to use in the structure of base. This was piled up, with ...
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Constructing a Timber Screen for Your Boundary Line

The last of the 4×4 posts were added to holes that we had dug. These posts will be cut to height once the slats have ...
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Yellow Limestone Patio with Timber Screening

A gap was left underneath the timber screen, on the left hand side of this photo, to enable us to remove large pieces of concrete, ...
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Large Back Garden Design in Fishponds Continues

Our team carried on working on the levelling of the area, which involved removing all of the turf scalpings. If you’d like to see how ...
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Terracotta Herringbone Paver Patio

The pre-sealed terracotta parquet pavers were delayed with our supplier and they’ve just arrived. So, we headed back to this job to give it the ...
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