Block Paving Driveway
10 October 2024
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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Driveway Construction Continues…
6 October 2024
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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Reclaimed Brick and Slabs in Garden Design
29 September 2024
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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Driveway Construction
27 September 2024
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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Starting a Mini Garden Meadow
22 September 2024
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…
17 September 2024
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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Timber Screening with Porcelain Patio
13 September 2024
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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Outdoor Kitchen: Polished Concrete Worktops
13 September 2024
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
6 September 2024
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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New Build Garden Design in Lyde Green
4 September 2024
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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