Garden finished

[Mart-1]

I've recently finished building a garden for my elderly mother at her new'ish house and thought i'd share a few photos

The developer only put down a few concrete pavers on concrete dabs, and the 1.2m slope from the top left was never dealt with properly, and with only a bit of topsoil on. The turf laid 2 years ago was churned up into mud by the dogs last winter, and the slope made the garden unusable and dangerous for a pensioner in places, so it was time to sort it out

The pavers are long aspect edging / coping pavers from Bradstone, and make a change from the usual square ones

I was surprised at the sheer volumes of concrete, earth moving, sand and cement, and gravel it all took. All the sleepers are set into concrete footings, and compacted MOT Type 1 sub base everywhere. All work was done manually with only a power drill for the timberlok screws in the sleepers

Hard work....


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[zaphod42]

Nice work - I like the look... very Japanese in a way with the gravel and spacings and use of clean wood/low walls.

[BertB]

That looks really good.

[herbialfa]

Top work fella!!!!

[Laurel Green]

BertB said:

That looks really good.

Indeed it does -stonking job, chap.

[Paulbav]

Absolutely superb but a bh to keep when the leaves fall...

[Shaolin]

Star son! Very nice work.

What are the long grey slab things? Is the pale gravel loose or stuck in place somehow?

[0a]

Looks very nice, good place to read the papers on a sunny summer afternoon with a cold beer in hand.

Regarding leaves - a leaf vac is your friend on gravel!

[Mart-1]

Paulbav said:

Absolutely superb but a bh to keep when the leaves fall...

very true, as we're just finding out

however the white gravel enables the pet dog t*rds to be spotted well before any danger of treading on them

[Mart-1]

Shaolin said:

Star son! Very nice work.

What are the long grey slab things? Is the pale gravel loose or stuck in place somehow?

they're edging / coping units that can also be used as pavers - just liked the proportions as different to standard square modules

the gravel is nordic spa and spread loose between pavers, but on a proper sub-base

[khushy]

+1 Brownie Point!

[Busa mav]

Looks excellent ,

I hope you got planning approval for the areas over 300mm high

[CedGTV]

You are a top man.

Well done and it looks great.

Your mother must be very proud of you.

[Beardy10]

That's a very professional job and brilliant that you've done that for your Mum. Making me feel quite inadequte.

[Mart-1]

Cheers - thanks for all the nice comments

Looking forward to visiting in summer time and just sitting drinking a beer in it