Author: Tamsin, Secret Garden
Hoggin Patio with Porcelain Stepping Stones – Design takes Shape
12 February 2025
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
8 February 2025
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
6 February 2025
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
1 February 2025
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…
31 January 2025
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
30 January 2025
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
27 January 2025
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
26 January 2025
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
25 January 2025
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
21 January 2025
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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