Designer's Corner

How to plan your driveway

Author: Frank Culloty | 0 Comments
Why is it that, for an area that gets used every single day, nobody ever puts very much thought into its design? We spend hours, days even weeks pondering over patio layouts, and that’s an area we only use a handful of time a year (if we’re lucky). For most of us, every person that comes to our homes sees and uses our driveways and for some reason we never cast them a second thought. Well that stops here! I’m going to present a list of questions that you must a... [More]

Hard Landscaping and Easy Planting

Author: Tracy Foster | 3 Comments
When I’m doing planting plans I try to follow all the rules about choosing the right plants for the position they are going in (shade lovers for the north facing border, drought tolerant plants for freely draining soil in a sunny spot and so on). Then I start to think about the colours of the flowers and foliage and how they will all look together.   Once all that is chosen, there is still the colour and style of the hard landscaping to factor in and I’ve noticed that some pla... [More]

The Garden Shed

Author: Frank Culloty | 0 Comments
The Garden Shed   There’s no need to blush or get embarassed, unsightly as they sometimes can be, a shed is an integral and essential element of most residential landscape layouts. The first question you need to ask yourself is, “Am I going to be able to see it”. Obviously, you can purchase a simple, low cost structure if you can tuck it away behind something, however, often there is just not enough space in the garden to do this.   So keep it cheap and ... [More]

Designing the Patio

Author: Tracy Foster | 0 Comments
If you are thinking of revamping your garden, you will almost certainly want to include a patio area. You know you don’t just want the usual rectangle of paving slabs just outside the back door, but how do you go about planning something unique? [More]

Where does everybody sit ?

Author: Frank Culloty | 0 Comments
Most patio sets come with 6 or at most 8 chairs, well when was the last time you were at a party and only 6 people came. I hope you’re thinking, never. [More]

Good Planning is the key to a successful design

Author: Frank Culloty | 0 Comments
Good planning is the key to a successful design. When embarking on a landscape design project, it is vital to first of all make a list of what you want from the space. Take a walk around and look at what is there already, the chances are most of these thing will have to remain, in one form or another. [More]

Hints and tips for the garden

Author: Vanessa | 1 Comments
It's been another unpredictable summer.  June saw wonderful sunshine with hardly any rain.  July was more overcast than sunny with August being one of the wettest in history.  In England, it seems flash flooding is becoming more of a regular event.  Fortunately there are still plenty of occasions when we have lovely sunshine.  Then we can sit outside to dine, or even just take a quick break with a cup of coffee.  The ideal situation is to combine year-round interest... [More]