Creating a pleasing ambiance while enhancing the aesthetics of your garden, water features are fabulous additions to any outside spaces. Nothing compares to the soothing sound of running water. But ponds are not the best choices for many households. Ponds require significant maintenance and can be hazardous for small children. Happily, it is possible to enjoy the sound and beauty of running water without building a pond. Pond-less water features offer many benefits and can be tailored to your garden, your budget and your taste. What is a pond-less water feature? Also known as disappearing ..read more

An incredibly popular choice for patios, limestone offers exciting possibilities. A durable, natural and beautiful material, limestone is ideal for outdoor paving applications. Pavers are available in diverse colours and with a variety of textures, guaranteeing that there will be limestone slabs that you love. But what is limestone, how can you use it and how do you create a stunning limestone patio? What is limestone? Limestone is a type of sedimentary rock. It is primarily composed of calcite and aragonite but may also contain dolomite. It forms when these minerals precipitate out of wate ..read more

Offering the potential to be both practical and beautiful, walls are important features of your outside space.  Whether you are looking to improve an existing wall or to build a new one, it is worth taking the time to consider your options. You need to balance functionality with aesthetics to create what could be an outstanding feature of your property. Our garden wall ideas should help you to push your creative boundaries to give your property physical boundaries that really work. Going to the wall You might be asking yourself if your boundary needs to be a wall. After all, you could ..read more

With so many properties in the UK being adjacent to or attached to neighbouring houses, privacy is often an issue. Never more so than in outdoor spaces. Most of us cherish our privacy and would value a garden that isn’t overlooked. But few of us benefit from such seclusion. However, the right garden fencing can give us the privacy we seek while enhancing the aesthetics of our outside spaces. If you would relish greater privacy, should you install garden fencing and where should you install it? What looks can you achieve and how high should your garden fencing installation be? Why consi ..read more

Defining your property’s boundaries, providing privacy, enhancing security and giving you shelter from the wind, garden hedges are an outstanding finishing touch for your garden. Also reducing the impact of both traffic noise and pollution, hedges are great choices in urban and suburban areas. They can be used to partition different sections of your outside space and could be planted to shield less attractive features of your garden including recycling bins and composters. In other words, hedges are both aesthetically pleasing and functional. There are many reasons to feature hedges in your ..read more

Providing access to your home and off-road parking while potentially enhancing the curb appeal of your property, your driveway is potentially a valuable asset.  But only if has been correctly installed using appropriate materials. There is much to consider before proceeding with contracting driveway installers or undertaking your driveway installation yourself. Settling upon the right material for your driveway is important. Making your choice will involve thinking about a range of factors including aesthetics, durability, maintenance, drainage and cost. Which material would be right f ..read more

Are you dreaming of the perfect patio to complete your home? If so, you might be wondering which paving material would be the best choice.  Beautiful, durable and versatile, sandstone is certainly worth considering. But what is sandstone and why might it perfectly complete your outside space? What is sandstone? Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock that is primarily composed of sand-sized silicate grains. There are many varieties of sandstone. Most are composed principally of quartz, feldspar or both but may also feature grains of other minerals like calcite, clay, or mica. Some 20-2 ..read more

Outside space has always been important and certainly adds value to your home. That space has never been more prized than since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.  During lockdown, millions of households discovered or rediscovered the joy of relaxing on their patios and eating al fresco. But many garden patios are only used in the summer months which is a great shame. There’s much to enjoy outdoors throughout the year and it is possible to create a space that you can use at any time, even in the winter. Here’s how to give yourself a special patio. One from which to admire the stars an ..read more

A deck can be a stylish and useful addition to your home that will enhance your property, its value and your lifestyle. But only if it is the right deck located in the right place and properly constructed. Mistakes will delay the completion your deck installation and could prove costly. If you are thinking about installing decking, there is much to consider if such an addition to your property is to work well for you. Here are six things to consider before you begin to install decking: The purpose of your deck It’s important to decide how you might wish to use your deck, now and in the fu ..read more

Garden pathways are an important aspects of garden design and are often overlooked, pathways are functional features but can also enhance the aesthetics of your outside space. Whether you are relandscaping your entire garden or simply adding a pathway, it is worth thinking carefully about what you could achieve. You wouldn’t want to go down the wrong path! A garden pathway provides a great opportunity to make life easier and could help to transform your property. It may add curb appeal, enhance safety and improve your access all at the same time while giving you a stunning finishing touch f ..read more