low - LJN Blog Posts - Landscape Juice Network2024-03-28T09:40:21Zhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/lowLow Maintenance Contemporary Garden, Devonhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/low-maintenance-contemporary-garden-devon2013-01-12T13:06:38.000Z2013-01-12T13:06:38.000ZJackson's Landscape Designhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/JacksonsLandscapeDesign<div><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="font-size-3">THIS PROJECT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, CLICK <span style="color: #ff0000;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/churston-galmpton-brixham-garden-design-landscaping-devon" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;">HERE</span></a></span> TO VIEW DAYS 11 - 14 IMAGES.</span></strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="font-size-2"><strong>Day 15</strong></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" href="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e2017d3fb199c9970c-popup"><img alt="Black sleepers removed" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345192c169e2017d3fb199c9970c" src="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e2017d3fb199c9970c-500wi" title="Black sleepers removed" width="691" height="518"/></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">The client has requested that the curved rising black sleeper shrine at ground level be raised by 1 meter so the garden structure is visible from the higher seating area.</p><p style="text-align: center;">A work change order form has been filed and signed by the client to authorise the change, this is quoted for and accepted, we are happy to alter our designs at any stage if you are happy to pay for the additional materials and labour.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The higher level seating area has been marked out for the paving.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" href="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e2017c3582c660970b-popup"><img alt="Paving marked out" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345192c169e2017c3582c660970b" src="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e2017c3582c660970b-500wi" title="Paving marked out" width="685" height="514"/></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">The sleepers are jack hammered out of the concrete and stored for later use. The ducting for the base of the sleepers is adjusted.</p><p style="text-align: center;">New footings have been cut and concreted and the additional nine inch block work installed to the correct height. Weep holes have been extended.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Render continues to be laid on the walls, all render mixes have the rapid cement hardener included.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" href="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e2017ee7261c80970d-popup"><img alt="Shrine area extended" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345192c169e2017ee7261c80970d" src="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e2017ee7261c80970d-500wi" title="Shrine area extended" width="685" height="514"/></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Day 16</strong></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><strong><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" href="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e2017c3582e3d7970b-popup"><img alt="Bespoke trellis" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345192c169e2017c3582e3d7970b" src="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e2017c3582e3d7970b-500wi" title="Bespoke trellis" width="686" height="515"/></a></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><strong> </strong></span></p><p style="text-align: center;">The build to the new raised shrine area has been beaded, scratch coated and rendered.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The sub base to the lower footpath has been installed to the correct falls and levels.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The sub base to higher artificial lawn has been installed to the correct level.</p><p style="text-align: center;">All render works has been completed.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Works begin on the bespoke trellis to screen the sheds from the house, the trellis will be painted black.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" href="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e2017d3fb1d38a970c-popup"><img alt="Weed supressing membrane" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345192c169e2017d3fb1d38a970c" src="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e2017d3fb1d38a970c-500wi" title="Weed supressing membrane" width="688" height="516"/></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">All the top soil to the planters has been leveled to 80mm below finish level.</p><p style="text-align: center;">A weed suppressing membrane has been cut and pinned in place over the top soil in the planters, the base of the perimeter fence has been touched in with black paint due to splash back from the rain.</p><p style="text-align: center;">A second coat of black paint is being applied to the bespoke trellis works.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Day 17</strong></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" href="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e2017d3fbc1c1c970c-popup"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345192c169e2017d3fbc1c1c970c" alt="Tobermore Sienna graphite" title="Tobermore Sienna graphite" src="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e2017d3fbc1c1c970c-500wi"/></a><br/></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: center;">Every 150 x 150mm pitch to the trellis work has a 40mm screw inserted to the center and works continue with applying the paint.</p><p style="text-align: center;">All the Tobermore Sienna Graphite block paving is brought by barrows from the front driveway landing point to the rear of the garden and loaded out in the two separate sizes.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I ensure that the Tobermore blocks are covered with polythene as the skin on the hands will wear down quickly if the blocks are wet, causing what known as birds eyes.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Four passes of a compactor plate consolidates the sub base, 40mm of 50/50 course sand is barrowed into place, raked and leveled and the wacker plate is passed over three times.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" href="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e2017d3fbc2f64970c-popup"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345192c169e2017d3fbc2f64970c" alt="Tobermore block paving foothpath" title="Tobermore block paving foothpath" src="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e2017d3fbc2f64970c-500wi"/></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">The center line to the paved area is sprayed at each end and a road pin and string line used to ensure the correct falls and levels are in place.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Knowing the sizes and quantities of the block paving stepping stones, calculations are made to ensure even spacing's between each pad, in this case 370mm.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The block paving is installed on the screed ed sand making sure there are no running joints.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Kiln dried sand will be installed at a later date to tighten the blocks.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" class="asset-img-link" href="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e2017d3fbc4597970c-popup"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345192c169e2017d3fbc4597970c" alt="Tobermore concrete products" title="Tobermore concrete products" src="http://perigordvacance.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345192c169e2017d3fbc4597970c-500wi"/></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br/><br/>A perimeter of concrete is applied to each stepping stone and haunch ed to a level of 25mm below the finished surface level, this concrete will secure the blocks in place.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Each block paved stepping pad is scrubbed with a still brush and cold water, this cleans all the off and is now ready for the jointing sand.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Clean light weight general purpose polythene covers the entire area to allow the concrete to go off with out the rain washing it all away by the morning.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><strong>THIS PROJECT IS ON GOING, PLEASE CLICK <span style="color: #ff0000;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/block-paving-patio-modern-devon-garden?xg_source=activity" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;">HERE</span></a></span> TO VIEW FURTHER PROGRESS.</strong></span></p></div>Ayegardening - Reflecting on the year - looking back at past and present landscaping and gardening projects.https://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/ayegardening-reflecting-on-the-year-looking-back-at-past-and2012-11-13T11:04:38.000Z2012-11-13T11:04:38.000ZAyegardening Ltd - Aye and Susanhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/AyegardeningLtdAyeandSusan<div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Looking back over the year's projects.</span></b></u><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br/></span></div><p><br/> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As we sit here reflecting over the busiest year yet! Our minds keeps coming back to all the many projects that the team have done and are doing. </span><br/> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The weather has really made a difference to how people have used their gardens this year. How much have you used your garden this year? Have you found you used it less than normal? </span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We have found that due to all the rain we had over the summer, vegetation grew considerably more than normal and when we had some nicer weather we suddenly got many enquiries for clearances as customers had realised how much everything had grown! </span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Aside from the clearances, we did have quite a variety of projects and after some deliberation we would like to share our favourite <b>five</b> with you. <b> </b></span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>We hope you enjoy reading about them.</b></span><br/> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><br/></b></span> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Aye and Susan</b></span></p><p><br/> <br/> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>1. Small Garden Makeover in Crawley, West Sussex</b></span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In March of this year we were presented with this small front garden to redesign and construct. The current owner was unhappy to come home to this every day and said it didn't really have the wow factor! We set about designing a garden that they could be proud of- they wanted it to be low maintenance and have a utility area for bins. To keep costs down the current steps and path were to stay. </span></p><table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NZzwUzBpx9s/UKFQUNQA1xI/AAAAAAAADEU/8G5ejtfaBUc/s1600/before+photo+of+garden+makeover+%286%29.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Garden makeover and renovation in Crawley" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NZzwUzBpx9s/UKFQUNQA1xI/AAAAAAAADEU/8G5ejtfaBUc/s320/before+photo+of+garden+makeover+%286%29.JPG" title="Before photos of garden makeover in Crawley" border="0" height="240" width="320"/></a><a rel="nofollow" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9YKhSEhukyM/UKFQZ8FBGzI/AAAAAAAADEc/fgZYixE0Rsc/s1600/before+photo+of+garden+makeover+%288%29.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9YKhSEhukyM/UKFQZ8FBGzI/AAAAAAAADEc/fgZYixE0Rsc/s320/before+photo+of+garden+makeover+%288%29.JPG" border="0" height="320" width="240"/></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Before photos - The garden was a slope and had no style - the owners wanted a low maintenance garden with a utility patio.</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br/></p><div style="text-align: right;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;" align="center" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MpzpNfj2sIg/UKFQAj98eLI/AAAAAAAADDw/nmhI9658RAo/s1600/IMG_1074.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Garden makeover and renovation in Crawley" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MpzpNfj2sIg/UKFQAj98eLI/AAAAAAAADDw/nmhI9658RAo/s320/IMG_1074.JPG" title="Garden makeover and renovation in Crawley" border="0" height="240" width="320"/></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Transformation complete - sleeper retaining walls and small patio area</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How the patio and sleeper walls are looking 8 months later ----><br/></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EK0yQLFz27g/UKFR3nuFOKI/AAAAAAAADFM/ih97NrJICHA/s1600/after.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Garden makeover and renovation in Crawley, West Sussex" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EK0yQLFz27g/UKFR3nuFOKI/AAAAAAAADFM/ih97NrJICHA/s320/after.jpg" title="Garden makeover and renovation in Crawley, West Sussex" border="0" height="320" width="239"/></a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>2. Regular maintenance yearly contract in Horsham, West Sussex</b></span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One of our largest contracts is a large estate which totals in 25 acres (including woodland!) We maintain the main garden, orchard, 4 paddocks and more! One of the reasons that we particulary like this contract is the variety of gardening tasks it brings - large grounds mowing with our etesia, pruning of fruit trees, maintaining beds, hedge cutting, leaf clearing etc We are looking forward to the next 12 months where we will be taking the garden through all the seasons.</span><br/> <br/> <br/></p><table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8NE-2nhNmhs/UKFgaAC9ZhI/AAAAAAAADFc/XzmaVa8G9hQ/s1600/IMG_2053.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Large grounds mowing and maintenance in Horsham" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8NE-2nhNmhs/UKFgaAC9ZhI/AAAAAAAADFc/XzmaVa8G9hQ/s320/IMG_2053.JPG" title="Large grounds mowing in Horsham" border="0" height="240" width="320"/></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The front paddock</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aVT53WnVWQ0/UKFgkkAmKoI/AAAAAAAADFs/1a_Q__5jJSk/s1600/IMG_2255.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Large estate maintenance in Horsham" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aVT53WnVWQ0/UKFgkkAmKoI/AAAAAAAADFs/1a_Q__5jJSk/s320/IMG_2255.JPG" title="Large estate maintenance in Horsham" border="0" height="240" width="320"/></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Paddocks</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br/></p><table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;" align="center" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Kzka4LDVCdk/UKFgwqkrRCI/AAAAAAAADGA/hjnqAmeIOSo/s1600/IMG_2503.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Large estate maintenance in Horsham" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Kzka4LDVCdk/UKFgwqkrRCI/AAAAAAAADGA/hjnqAmeIOSo/s320/IMG_2503.JPG" title="Large estate maintenance in Horsham" border="0" height="240" width="320"/></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Flower bed maintena<span style="font-size: x-small;">nce</span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br/></p><table class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;" align="center" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XEeG3qRfB8A/UKFgpMoSniI/AAAAAAAADF4/n5gX6O2rQpU/s1600/IMG_2412.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Large estate maintenance in Horsham" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XEeG3qRfB8A/UKFgpMoSniI/AAAAAAAADF4/n5gX6O2rQpU/s320/IMG_2412.JPG" title="Large estate maintenance in Horsham" border="0" height="240" width="320"/></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The main garden</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br/> <br/> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>3. Front and Back garden makeover in Worth, West Sussex</b></span></span> <br/> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In May of this year we had an enquiry to renovate the front, back and side of a property. The client had specific requirements. He wanted a shingle path at the side, shingle to replace a patio, a new level lawn with drainage and a play area - bordered with sleepers. The front garden was left up to our imagaination- after a lot of thought, as the garden sloped both horizontally and vertically, we opted for a sleeper border of different heights- used the same shingle as the rest of the garden and new sleeper steps. We were really proud of the result and so was the client.</span><br/></p><table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iSrkBTgApTo/UKFlL_sCgMI/AAAAAAAADG8/pxQ_6GUHmVI/s1600/before-photos+%2814%29.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Before front garden makeover" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iSrkBTgApTo/UKFlL_sCgMI/AAAAAAAADG8/pxQ_6GUHmVI/s320/before-photos+%2814%29.JPG" title="Before front garden makeover" border="0" height="239" width="320"/></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Front garden before- dated and dull</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5iusHn0CeOU/UKFlOYENYPI/AAAAAAAADHE/4wtUdK5BEW4/s1600/before-photos+%2821%29.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Before back garden makeover" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5iusHn0CeOU/UKFlOYENYPI/AAAAAAAADHE/4wtUdK5BEW4/s320/before-photos+%2821%29.JPG" title="Before back garden makeover" border="0" height="240" width="320"/></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Back garden, boggy and no style</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0WnKy1lvH88/UKFlZieaEXI/AAAAAAAADHM/K3Lyq180gfs/s1600/end-of-the-project+%2842%29.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Front garden low maintenance makeover" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0WnKy1lvH88/UKFlZieaEXI/AAAAAAAADHM/K3Lyq180gfs/s320/end-of-the-project+%2842%29.JPG" title="Front garden low maintenance makeover" border="0" height="213" width="320"/></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Front garden after - something different and modern</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P1EoU0flAaM/UKFlnWc4OHI/AAAAAAAADHY/km2pEHiwHUs/s1600/end-of-the-project+%2886%29.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Back garden low maintenance makeover west sussex" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P1EoU0flAaM/UKFlnWc4OHI/AAAAAAAADHY/km2pEHiwHUs/s320/end-of-the-project+%2886%29.JPG" title="Back garden low maintenance makeover west sussex" border="0" height="213" width="320"/></a></p><table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;" cellspacing="0" width="317"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;" class="tr-caption"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Back garden after- defined play area and level lawn with drainage</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br/></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></b></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></b></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></b></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. Site Clearance in Godstone, Surrey</span></b></span></b> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One project that has been ongoing since September of this year right up to the present- is a site in Godstone that has been left for 20+ years. A real challenge to clear- but we are loving it! Every week uncovers something new. Here are the photos of the first week- two large areas of brambles to clear. Since then we have continued to clear the site (too many photos to show on here!) You can follow the progress on our <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.366065453479314.90878.206859902733204&type=3" target="_blank">facebook page</a>. We look forward to seeing the landscape architects plan come into action next year.</span></span></p><table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RWJvTQoOudU/UKFjv0ovcdI/AAAAAAAADG0/kxBvbMCTsHs/s1600/garden+tidying.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Garden Clearance - Godstone, Surrey" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RWJvTQoOudU/UKFjv0ovcdI/AAAAAAAADG0/kxBvbMCTsHs/s320/garden+tidying.jpg" title="Garden Clearance - Godstone, Surrey" border="0" height="320" width="320"/></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Old vegetable garden clearance</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br/> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8cCJbliw2VI/UKFjt4GtQKI/AAAAAAAADGs/rdBTmvK2ITk/s1600/garden+tidying+1.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Garden Clearance - Godstone, Surrey" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8cCJbliw2VI/UKFjt4GtQKI/AAAAAAAADGs/rdBTmvK2ITk/s320/garden+tidying+1.jpg" title="Garden Clearance - Godstone, Surrey" border="0" height="306" width="306"/></a></span><br/> Old fruit garden</p><table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: left;" cellspacing="0" width="352"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br/></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>5. Garden Clearance and Turfing in Broadfield, Crawley, West Sussex</b></span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We really enjoyed this garden clearance and turfing from October this year. The customer didn't even want to open their curtains to this sight. One of the main reasons we like this garden clearance was the uncovering of a whole garden of carpet (left by a previous owner!) It really was a surprise! But nevertheless, we managed to clear and renovate this garden in 3 days! Gosh our lads work hard!</span></p><table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;" align="center" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8U0q-GeRBe0/UKFrwOfIGsI/AAAAAAAADHs/qA0EBWbzCo8/s1600/clearance+photo+carpet%2521%2521.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Garden clearance crawley" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8U0q-GeRBe0/UKFrwOfIGsI/AAAAAAAADHs/qA0EBWbzCo8/s320/clearance+photo+carpet%2521%2521.JPG" title="Garden clearance crawley" border="0" height="320" width="239"/></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The discovery of the carpet!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: center;" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cFgfcvJf4Lg/UKIgOxkljuI/AAAAAAAADII/puWKlADNlkQ/s1600/DSCF2199.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Garden clearance crawley" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cFgfcvJf4Lg/UKIgOxkljuI/AAAAAAAADII/puWKlADNlkQ/s320/DSCF2199.jpg" title="Garden clearance crawley" border="0" height="240" width="320"/></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The garden before</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;" align="center" cellspacing="0" width="320"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-S4czTO2QGlM/UKFjGqHLHoI/AAAAAAAADGk/yJOh0VdU4K8/s1600/DSCF2209.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Turfing in Crawley" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-S4czTO2QGlM/UKFjGqHLHoI/AAAAAAAADGk/yJOh0VdU4K8/s320/DSCF2209.jpg" title="Turfing in Crawley" border="0" height="240" width="320"/></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The garden after- shingle border and level lawn</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica 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</span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Many more projects we want to share with you- but it's best we leave it at 5 as we will waffle on and on otherwise!</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br/><br/>Why not keep updated with our projects by following us on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/Ayegardening" target="_blank">twitter</a> or <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/ayegardeningcrawley" target="_blank">facebook </a> or by viewing our website -</span></b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ayegardening.co.uk/" target="_blank">Ayegardening</a></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thank you for reading this.</span></b></p></div>We're up and running!!https://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/were-up-and-running2011-03-05T09:21:27.000Z2011-03-05T09:21:27.000ZUnreal Gardens - John Stobarthttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/UnrealGardensJohnStobart<div><p>Ready for the coming season - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.unrealgardens.co.uk/">Unreal Gardens</a> officially launched on March 1st ready for the Spring season.</p><p> </p><p>Unreal Gardens Specialise in supplying to both the trade and the general public, a wide range of low maintenance & artificial garden & landscape products specifically aimed at those people who love their garden but hate the work involved. The kind of people who dream about having a beautiful garden no matter how large or small that will add that little bit of extra to their homes. Some people just aren't cut out for gardening, I know because I'm one of them, and the mess that the builders left when they moved out with the bits of pipe poking out here and the lumps of concrete there are all that remains. But really it doesn't have to be that way, Unreal Gardens are here to help you create that visually fabulous and funtional, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.unrealgardens.co.uk/Artificial-Grass.html">low maintenance</a> garden which not only reduces the maintenance required to keep your garden the way you want it, but it will also add value to your house too.</p><p> </p><p>So Spring is definitely around the corner (or so the weather men say) and in fairness we've already seen the Crocus' pushing their heads through and the Daffodils, the grass is starting to grow and some of the tree's are starting to bud and last weekend I succombed to the temptation to get cracking in the garden too. I often site looking out the patio doors across the garden and what seems to have been an incredibly long winter this year has certainly taken its toll on our garden. We had two huge Cordyline's which due to the snow we had through December kicked the bucket so they were the first to go. I now have two holes where they once lived which I feel will be just right for some of our stunning <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.unrealgardens.co.uk/Bay-Laurel.html">Artificial Bay Laurels</a>.</p><p> </p><p>So instant improvement made with the dead ones gone, it simply drew attention to how grubby and dirty the decking had got because of all the water and lack of sun. Instead of that nice deck brown colour the whole area just looked green and awful. So out came the pressure washer (or rather back it came from the neighbours) and I set about getting the grime and moss deposited throughout the winter washed away. Six hours I was at it and while it was wet I have to say it looked like quite a good job had been done - but as soon as it dried it looked really bad kind of resembling an old disused pier at the seaside. Not very nice at all - Wait for it, yes you've got it - Unreal Gardens have a solution for all this unnecessary work. We will offer a range of what is commonly known as Composite decking (call or email us for more details) which give the look of wood but without all the hard work and maintenance of keeping it, and it looks as good in years to come as the day it was installed.</p><p> </p><p>Composite decking is essentially a product which is made from waste materials otherwise destined for landfill. Primarilly it is made of wood fibres and waste plastics and then coloured and patterned to give the look of real timber. So not only do these product give you reduced maintenance benefits, they also mean you are doing your bit for the environment too.</p><p> </p><p>So that will be one of the projects outlined for the Unreal Residence once the business is stable this spring/summer - tear up all the old wooden decking and replace it with maintenance free composite decking. Another bonus is we will be able to still use the original joists so all the structure won't need redoing, kind of like relaying new floorboards.</p><p> </p><p>So project no1 outlined for this year and subsequent others also in the pipeline such as a new lawn in the front garden, a patch of lawn in the back garden, fencing to replace the list goes on but my plan is to write about these here and we'll also probably feature some of our customers gardens too as we go along.</p><p> </p><p>So I'll sign off for now and wish you all a good weekend, and lookforward to blogging again soon.</p><p> </p><p>John,</p><p>Unreal Gardens Ltd.</p></div>