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Block Paving Driveway

Bowland Stone delivered three different sizes of charcoal rumbled blocks to our site. First off, these were used to edge the borders and the drainage channels around the driveway. The blocks were laid on a mixture of stone dust and sand. This base is levelled

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20241004 095257 Landscaping

Driveway Construction Continues…

A lot of preparation had been done the previous week, with the base layer of type 1 compressed with a wacker plate. Two drains were ...
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claremont avenue 3 Landscaping

Reclaimed Brick and Slabs in Garden Design

We enjoyed working on this steep garden project, creating decking with storage underneath, a new lawn, reclaimed slab patio, and a three tiered, raised border ...
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20240926 090258 Landscaping

Driveway Construction

The existing driveway was simply tarmacked, but had super weedy borders, and was generally in a bad state aesthetically and didn’t look very inviting. Our ...
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20240917 123742 Garden Maintenance

Starting a Mini Garden Meadow

Since heavily scarifying and planting native meadow plug plants previously, which wasn’t as successful as we’d hoped, we decided that the ground needed further preparation ...
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The Terraced Garden Continues…

If you’d like to see the very start of this project, click here to see our previous blog post about it. The timber frame for ...
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seymour road 7 Landscaping

Timber Screening with Porcelain Patio

It took a few days clearing out all of the vegetation, which included trees, hedging and climbers. It was pretty hot weather and a lot ...
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burghley road kitchen 4 Garden Design

Outdoor Kitchen: Polished Concrete Worktops

Polished concrete worktops are a brilliant alternative to pricier materials like marble or granite. They offer that sleek, high-end finish without the hefty price tag. ...
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Creating a Terraced Garden

Thankfully there is access down a lane, to the gate at the top of the garden, where all the materials and waste are being brought ...
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snowdrop drive 4 Landscaping

New Build Garden Design in Lyde Green

This new build garden had a straggly lawn that didn’t grow very well, due to builders waste and poor soil that was originally added into ...
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