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Turf mounds/landforms

Posted by Linsey Evans on February 1, 2010 at 11:23am

Has anyone ever constructed a turf seat/mound/landform? If so, could you tell me how you specifed it? How is the underlying earth structure that supports the turf created and supported? Any help gratefully received.

 

Thanks

 

Linsey

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  • Linsey Evans February 2, 2010 at 4:27pm
    Thanks very much for that, Rob. I've suggested that they make the basic form by compacting soil, then adding some topsoil to this and compacting this, then turfing. I thought we could use some of those plastic pegs you use for anchoring weed membrane to secure the turf up the verticals.
  • Shadow Hall February 2, 2010 at 5:55pm
    Would love to find a client who would want one good luck with this.
    Shadow
  • Felicity Waters February 2, 2010 at 8:44pm
    gosh would love to see some pics of the finished works....
  • Linsey Evans February 2, 2010 at 10:20pm
    This particular one is a small turf seat and is in a garden in Bhopal, India - not built yet. I've designed some other really interesting landforms in a garden in Winkfield Row. They wanted a natural garden, not too much hard landscaping, but still with some interest and demarcation of different areas. I've designed in some dry stone fronted banks and a landform that is the back of a seating area. I'll definitely post photos when it's built. I've also been waiting a long time for a client who would let me do something like this. So it is quite exciting.
  • Linsey Evans February 3, 2010 at 9:22am
    Thanks for this. I did wonder whether I'd need some kind of underlying, reinforced structure. And, yes, there will be irrigation - it's 46 degrees out there, everything will need a lot of water to survive. The reason for using a turf seat in this situation/climate is simply that we can't put any hard landscaping in this particular area.



    Pro Gard said:
    If Ive read right and the installation is in India then you will definitely need to consider irigation.... You've probably thought of this though!

    I would build the base structure using chicken wire / mesh (gabion type) blocks then peg the turf to this
  • Linsey Evans February 3, 2010 at 9:29am
    Harlow Carr is a bit of a hike for me. I'm absolutely rubbish at setting aside time to visit gardens. I'd love to come and have a look, but know I won't get a chance for a while. Thanks for the info anyway.

    Rob Glassborow said:
    If any of you are visitors to RHS Harlow Carr, they have some good examples of turf features and furniture there.
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