Latest Projects

Timber Fort.
front garden
Decking.

Planters and screen.

Corner plot.

Transform a small front garden and path which had aged and become dull and tired.

Container garden in a nursery in Epsom, containers supplied, installed and planted with a variety of plants to stimulate all the senses.

Green Driveway Ideas for vehicle parking

Today urban front gardens have become a swathe of concrete and brick sets as home owners look to park vehicles off street>
Both solutions are great as far as parking but not so good for drainage, aesthetics or for wild life.
But there are other alternatives, grass can be retained by using grass web or matting this is a honeycomb that protects the grass roots from wear while allowing vehicles to be parked without the vehicle sinking into the ground or wearing the grass away.
This can also be a solution for heavy traffic areas, such as childrens play areas, where grass retention is required.

Another alternative is the more traditional porous driveway using material such as bricks or gravel for the wheel tracks and interplanting with tough, low growing plants. This could be tuned to your existing style and may evolve into a cottage garden theme or an ultra modern look. Anything is possible!

Gravel Gardens

Gravel, slate & pebbles all look good in the right setting, gravel and slate make interesting pathways as long as they are contained to stop them spreading and as long as you are not looking to push something like a pushchair along them. But they can also create great looking gardens or sections of gardens in their own right. This could encompass a number of different styles alpine, japanese, cottage garden or contemporary.
There are many different types of gravel in varying sizes and colours so there is plenty of scope for individuality, also aggregates make a great foil for foliage, features, sculptures and colour.
It is important to work out how much aggregate you are going to require as it is surprising how small an area one 10KG bag of gravel covers.
You also need a sufficient depth of material and a usually a base layer of horticultural sheeting to stop the aggregate being trodden into the ground as well as restricting weed growth.

Cottage gardens

Gardeners have been recreating the romance of cottage gardens for over a century.
With its origins in an era where growing vegetables and flowers together was a necessity rather than a design option.
Todays cottage gardens tend to be less haphazard with a colour scheme, where annuals and perennials are planted with herbs and vegetables often chosen for their colour rather than for consumption. But dont let this stop you enjoying the fruit of your labour.
The planting in a cottage garden should look informal so try to avoid planting in straight lines and plants should be allowed to spill over paths and interweave to create a tapestry of foliage and flower.
There are no real set rules as to the planting but Aquilegia, Allium , Buddleja, Black-eyed Susan, Geranium, Dianthus, Echinacea, Purple fennel, Spurge, Peony, Foxglove, Pansy, Achillea are some of those that are readily found in a cottage style garden but native plants can be blended into your garden whilst maintaining the style.
Old chimney pots, metal buckets, watering cans and anything with an old feel can help with the atmosphere of the garden.
Willow or hazel hurdles, which come in a variety of sizes make ideal fences or borders as the plants can grow up and inbetween the panels.

Childrens garden ideas

If you are looking to create an area in your garden that is aimed purely at your children we can help.
We can create themed areas or general play areas, all using wood chip mulch or our rubber safety mulch as ground cover.
Add sand pits, play houses, totem poles, living willow arbours
No matter what the garden size we can create something to fit.
Click on the images below for a few ideas on what we can use to create your childrens play area.