Five bench plinths and benches formed in recycled materials were installed recently at an Environment Agency site in London, to provide recreational seating with a public space. This area was landscaped by Oakleigh Manor in 2003, and the grounds maintenance staff have been pruning the shrub borders and the trees surgeons have carried out their […]
Day 12 Its been freezing and its the last week of March, it felt like summer today, peaked at 4 degrees. The team have been battling with the temps, but made great progress installing the concrete foundations for the steps, the remaining retaining walls and made good headway with the paddlestone walling. The picture is […]
Part 1 – The finances Lets not bet around the bush! There are no short – term financial gains, you have to pay professional people to do a professional job, then it pays! Why & How If your garden is designed and built professionally will it will […]
Day Six After Snow, during milder weather & rain, somehow the team are making good progress. Its roll up your sleeves and crack on attitude that the guys are pushing this project on with so well. As you can see, my last update structural retaining walls are being erected, tier 1 & the radial tier […]
Hi everyone, Its time to get the vegetable garden started, you will be rewarded with great tasting food for the home, lower supermarket bills and its also great fun. Heres a few tips for you to get started. If you don’t want the hard work, our Horticultural team will do that for you. Good luck, […]
This new project commenced this week, and finally the snow early this week is thawing today. This project is a re-designed rear garden scheme involving the creation of a new larger rear terrace, a terraced lawn area at 75cm above patio level, retained by natural stone faced retaining walls. then a large set of steps […]
Just a few tips to help you choose plants within those tricky situations within your garden. Heavy Clay Soil in Deep Shade Clay soil is easily compressed when wet and water can be slow to drain away. This can make it cold and wet in winter and if this is compounded by being in a […]
Imagine a morning seeing a garden filled with greeneries and blooming flowers kissed by the morning dew. Wouldn’t it be a great way to jumpstart your day? Creating a beautifully landscaped garden not only makes a huge difference to your home’s overall appeal, but also a nice way to have new reasons to smile every […]
We were back in Whitstable today at this Winter 2012 project to complete the remaining hardscape works before implementing the new low maintenance planting scheme. The project is looking really good however we have had a problem with the paint system used on the aluminium pergola structure. Unfortunately, the primer does not appear to of bonded […]
The Resin Gravel team were back in action today laying this new resin bound gravel driveway. This driveway was due to be surfaced 1 week before christmas 2012, after 2 months of freezing or wet periods we were finally glad to blow the cobwebs of the resin gravel kit and get laying this new driveway. […]
