Author: Tamsin, Secret Garden

balau

Landscaping on Levels

Taking all materials and waste up and down narrow steps through the basement kitchen was hard work, but Team Jerry always get the job done! ...
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garden borders

New Build Garden Design Bristol

When we arrived the front of the house had a narrow border with uninspiring planting. We enlarged both of these borders, digging them over, incorporating ...
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Landscaping

Sloping Woodland Garden with Pergola Under Construction

When we began there was a row of Buxus with a low retaining wall behind, a large grass covered bank, and planting down the sides ...
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brick pavers

Narrow Brick Pavers in Garden Design

A huge pile of narrow pavers were to be used to top off the steps in two places in the garden, and similar looking bricks ...
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euonymus

Reproduction Victorian Tile Pathway, Redland

The boys did a beautiful job laying the pathway, with tiles from Bishopston Tiles, on Gloucester Road. Thankfully all the hard landscaping including the pathway ...
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Biodiversity

Timber Balustrade and Wildlife Pond, Horfield

So we came in to rectify this by adding a new timber balustrade, as well as raising the steps outside of the backdoor to make ...
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decking

Native Larch Decking

A lot of the wood was so rotten that we could rip it out by hand. It was definitely time to be replaced as it ...
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edwardian property

Modernising an Edwardian Front Garden in Bristol

As usual, the team set to work ripping out the paving and lots of old concrete. We removed the plants from the front border, saving ...
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banked lawn

Banked Lawn with Recycled Paving

However, we were lucky that it was dry for the first part of the week. The paving on the patio was a variety of different ...
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awning

Completed For Christmas

We extended the concrete area to make it large enough to use as a parking space for a motor home. Prep work was done on ...
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