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Garden Design · Site Surveys · Scaled Drawings · Planting Schemes

Paving · Natural Stone Paving · Sandstone · Slate · Granite · Porcelain Paving

Decking · Hardwood Decking · Softwood Boards · Grove & Smooth Boards · Millboard

Retaining Walls & Raised Beds · Sleeper Raised Beds  & Walls · Render Raised Beds 

Turfing · Artificial Grass · Garden Clearance · Leveling · Turfing

Planting · Shrubs · Trees · Hedging 

Fertile Ground Garden Design · Landscaping · Potters Bar

Over the years we have constructed gardens of all shapes and sizes.  We have experience in designing contemporary, traditional, Tropical and Zen garden Design, potters bar.  And have considerable experience in all aspects of hard landscaping. Including decking. paving, artificial grass, levelling and terracing.

Garden Design Services · Garden Design · Landscaping · Potters Bar

We are happy to carry out site visits.  We can produce scaled drawings of your garden design.  Detailing key hard-landscaping elements, and associated materials,  We can also add planting plants.  Detailing your planting scheme.  A detailed garden design will help with the quoting process and landscaping construction.

Detailed Quotes · Garden Design · Landscaping · Potters Bar

We are happy to provide detailed quotes for our landscaping projects.  Detailing hand landscaping costs and the associated labour costs.  This enables the customer to fine-tune their landscaping project.  Making changes to key elements and hard-landscaping material.  Helping to make the most of your budget.

Contemporary Garden Design · Landscaping · Potters Bar

Contemporary garden design works well in both traditional and modern properties.  Combine strong lines with subtle planting.  The selection of materials is important. Strong planting will bring the design together.  

Contemporary Paving • Garden Design · Landscaping · Potters Bar

Contemporary hard landscaping materials include kandula grey stone paving.  Lay in large single-sized slabs.  For a more contemporary feel.  Point in a darker shade.  Using easy point.

Porcelain paving • Garden Design · Landscaping · Potters Bar

Porcelain paving looks great in a contemporary garden design, and potters bar.  Lay large single-size pavers for a modern feel.

Decking • Garden Design · Landscaping · Potters Bar

Decking works well.  And great for gardens with changes in level.  Great for bifold doors.  Choose smooth boards for a boardwalk feel.  Ridge boards can be used in slippy conditions.  Giving more grip under the foot.

Decking options include softwood and hardwood boards.  Softwood is great value for money.  And are easy to work with.  Hardwood boards are rich underfoot.  And luxurious in timber.  Hardwood decking is long-lasting.  Smooth boards are a must.  Hardwood decking benefits from an annual cleaning and oiling.  Keeping the grain rich in colour.  And preventing the boards from splitting.  Osmo makes some great products.  Is a good idea to attach the boards down using a good quality stainless steel screw.  To prevent the screws from corroding.  And the boards lifting.

Planting • Garden Design · Landscaping · Potters Bar

Add lush planting to soften the lines.   Raised beds look great.  And work well with both contemporary and traditional garden design, Potters Bar.  Raised beds are effective in small court yard garden design, and Potters bar.  And can be used to create ‘vertical greenery’.  Add phormiums, Stipa grass, euphorbia and verbena.  For a low-maintenance planting scheme.  Bamboo look great and provide privacy and screening in your garden design, Potters Bar.

Traditional Garden Design · Landscaping · Potters Bar

A traditional garden design always works well for a traditional or period property.  A relaxed cottage garden design theme.  Works well with a smaller period property.  Combine traditional materials, such as sandstone paving.  With a relaxed planting scheme.  Add low-maintenance planting.  Miscanthus grasses, hebes, Guara and rudbeckia.

For a larger garden design.  Add a formal traditional garden design.  Think of a stately home garden design.  But on a smaller scale and smaller budget.  Formal lines and an element of symmetry is important.  Traditional landscaping materials work well.  For paths and paving select a natural sandstone paving such as Kandla grey.  Sandstone is a natural stone that ages well.  Getting better with age!  Slate is rich in colour and lush in texture.  And works well front of the house.

Planting should soften the hard landscaping materials.  Sleeper beds or dry stone walling works well.  Box hedging and topiary can add a formal element to any traditional design.  Planting favourites include crocosmia, Echinops, and echinacea, for colour.  Bay and olives are great for adding height to your beds and borders.

Tropical · Zen Garden Design · Landscaping · Potters Bar

Great for adding a bit of theatre to your garden design.  Decking and timberwork well.  Hardwood decking is rich in colour and grain.  Add a slatted fence and zone LED lighting to complete the look.

Planting needs to be bold and lush. The planting scheme is definitely informal.  Phormiums, tree ferns and palms work well.  Add some colour.  Crocosmia, kniphofia and canna lilies all work well.

Design Ideas ∙ Urban Zen Garden Design

Relaxed Design ∙ an urban zen garden has a relaxed feel. It’s kind of rambling. But slightly more restrained than a cottage garden design. Materials are important, especially those with an aged or natural feel. Planting is lush. With the emphasis on an interest in plant shapes and foliage. The colour pallets are restricted to a few key colours. Vibrant colours such as reds, blues, pinks and yellows.

Materials ∙ Urban Zen Garden Design ∙ Potters Bar

Materials set the tone for your garden design. Quality materials always come at a price. They will look more natural in your garden design. Than man-made materials, such are concrete pavers.

Paving ∙ Urban Zen Garden Design ∙ Where possible. Always opt for a natural stone. Sandstone natural paving works well in most garden settings. It ages well. It’s easy to clean. And looks great laid in contemporary single sized patterns. 600 x 600mm or the larger 600 x 900mm. Laid in an offset stretcher bond pattern.

Slate, Granite or porcelain  Paving ∙ Slate looks great. It’s luxurious in colour and has a quality feel. It is one of the more expensive stones. It can be used for smaller patios or fronts of house. Always make sure your slate is exterior grade. External tiles are slightly thicker. And are more frost resistant? Then the thinner interior tiles!

Granite ∙ is extremely hard-wearing. And easy to clean. It can be slightly slippery. Always opt for a slightly textured stone. Shiny stones can be extremely slippery in frosty or wet conditions.

Porcelain Paving ∙ is the new kid on the block. It’s a man-made material. And can be produced in a variety of colours and textures. Some are natural in appearance. Others are not so natural. It’s slightly harder to lay than concrete or natural stone paving. It’s harder to cut. Make sure you a hard a good quality porcelain blade handy. And a wet saw will help. It’s pretty impervious to liquids. This means it’s extremely stain resistant. Spill some oil on the surface. Simply wipe it off with a cloth. The downside is that your mortar bed doesn’t stick well to the underside of the porcelain slabs. You need to apply a bridge bond to the underside of the slab. SBR is a common one. And they are other dedicated bridge bonds.

Decking ∙ Urban Zen Garden Design ∙ Potters Bar

Decking ∙ Works well in your urban zen design. Decking looks natural. Choose from softwood or hardwood decking. Softwood decking is great value for money. It’s available in a ridge or smooth boards. Smooth boards look great. Gives you that boardwalk feel to your urban zen garden design. Lighting can be added to complete the look. Extending the party into the night.

Plants ∙ Urban Zen Garden Design ∙ Potters Bar

Great planting will complete your design. Softening your hard landscape materials. Shape and foliage are important to your garden design. Colour will add interest and contrast to your garden design.

For maximum impact always plant in groups.  For some reason. Odd numbers always look better than even. Flowers should be planted in swathes. Creating drifts of colours in your garden design. Try to avoid the ‘have one of each approach. And its better to have a few full lush beds. Than a sparse garden. Invest in a few key plants. Creating interest and key focal points for your planting. Add some ‘fillers’ adding contrast, shape and structure. And finish the planting scheme with a splash of colour.

Key Plants ∙ These are generally the most expensive plants in your planting scheme. They are usually planted as lone specimens. Or in small groups.

Specimen Key Plants ∙ Magnolia, Bay Trees, Tree Ferns, Palms, Topiary, half standards and pleached trees.

Fillers ∙ pittosporum, choisya, euonymus, ferns, phormiums, aucuba, fatsia, miscanthus grass and photinia.

Colour ∙ Rudbeckia, verbena, echinacea, crocosmia, agapanthus, alliums, irises and heleniums.

Where Should You Install Artificial Grass  ∙ Garden Design · Landscaping   Potters Bar

Sloppy Gardens ∙ Garden Design · Landscaping   Potters Bar

slopes can be hard or even dangerous to cut with a lawn mower.  In an ideal world.  You would level your garden to achieve that flat lawn.  However, for some gardens.  This may be impractical or even impossible.   Due to the sheer amount of soil that needed to be moved.  It is possible to terrace such a garden.  Again this can be an expensive option.  Why not install artificial turf.

Dry Gardens ∙ Water Logged Gardens ∙ Maybe your garden is dry or water logger.   Slopes can be dry at the top.  And waterlogged at the bottom.  Especially if the ground is full of clay.  Which can be waterlogged in the winter.  And bone dry in the summer months.  Artificially grass could be the answer.

Mossy Lawns ∙ Trying to achieve the perfect lawn can be an uphill struggle.  The mowing.  The weeding.  The feeding.  Mossy can be a problem.  It’s labour intensive to rake it out.  Reseed the lawn and water it.  And in many cases.  This has to be repeated annually.  It’s possible to aerate the ground and apply lawn sand.  However, if your ground is full of clay and shady.  It’s likely the moss with reappear. Why not Install artificial grass!

Pet and Kids ∙ Garden Design · Landscaping   Potters Bar

Pet and kids can really give your lawn a workout.  And in extreme casing real damage.  Resulting in a messy muddy lawn  Artificial grass is hard-wearing.  And if installed properly.  Will drain well.  And will be usable 365 days of the year!

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