My Landscaping
My Landscaping page is to briefly explain the progress in a garden from start to finish. The garden described below is one
of many I have constructed.
This garden in Yeovil had a large uninteresting lawn which the owner wanted to build a large uninteresting wooden deck on!
I did a design to show how it could be made more interesting and appealing and priced it. He was impressed and agreed.
The first two photos show the start of the preparations – to dig out the old cherry tree stump and changed the ground levels, as
the site was uneven.
Next followed laying the 100mm drainage pipe around to the far side of the house as there was flooding from a neighbour’s patio.
Scalping hardcore base was laid and compacted. The two oak sleepers were used to raise the front of the deck area from the sandstone
paving area.
Next two photos show the sandstone paving covering the existing concrete path and the deck being constructed. All 100 x 50mm joists
are at 50cm intervals with dwangs in between.
The plain finished yellow balau hardwood planks were laid covering the 4.8m x 3.6m wide deck. Lavender was planted to hedge the deck
edge from the lawn.
Last photo is of the completed garden. It has a planted border at the back of the deck and a small feature border at the front. The
New Zealand Olearia (daisy bush) is planted in the coloured cobble area.
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