pergolas - LJN Blog Posts - Landscape Juice Network2024-03-28T08:36:39Zhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/pergolasPergolas and Quiethttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/pergolas-and-quiet2011-04-30T08:00:00.000Z2011-04-30T08:00:00.000ZShadow Hallhttps://landscapejuicenetwork.com/profil/ShadowHall<div>After on of the many flower and garden shows I attended in 2010 I was contacted by a customer who needed some help to create a peaceful haven in their urban garden.<br/>The garden was very long but also narrow with a horrible wire mesh fence, the only thing between them and their neighbours.<br/><br/>The brief was to create a space that they could feel comfortable in on the few days off that they have and also Sue said a 'pond to play in' for Colin. <br/><br/>The couple were getting married so the garden would have to wait for a few months and Shadows received a call in March 2011 to give the go ahead for work to begin.<br/><br/>The first and most daunting task was to maneuver all of the equipment and materials through the terraced house and past a large aquarium.<br/>The 6ft fencing had to be brought in as 3ft tall sections instead as the doors and stairs made it impossible to have 6ft panels delivered.<br/><br/>So 47 2.4m long sleepers, 32 3ftx6ft fence panels, 45 decking boards, 6 8ft posts, 15bags of sand, 5 bags cements, 17 fence posts and 1 ton of shingle and all the smaller items went through.<br/><br/>Work began amongst the mountains of materials.<br/><br/>Below are pictures of the before and after along with some of the 3D design work that was done on the raised pond feature.<br/> <br/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-84O9g5fFEMQ/TbvGimxMV_I/AAAAAAAAAPs/ATzHhhMBl6o/s1600/beforeafter4.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-84O9g5fFEMQ/TbvGimxMV_I/AAAAAAAAAPs/ATzHhhMBl6o/s320/beforeafter4.jpg" name="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601288859390072818" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601288859390072818" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: hand; width: 255px; height: 320px;"/></a><br/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wlaBHDYbTyU/TbvGiaHSpOI/AAAAAAAAAPk/WlVNwbd2BDI/s1600/beforeafter3.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wlaBHDYbTyU/TbvGiaHSpOI/AAAAAAAAAPk/WlVNwbd2BDI/s320/beforeafter3.jpg" name="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601288855993099490" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601288855993099490" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: hand; width: 247px; height: 320px;"/></a><br/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lsEtDCbe6aw/TbvGiVvx1KI/AAAAAAAAAPc/TJ-1cxfM7y4/s1600/beforeafter2.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lsEtDCbe6aw/TbvGiVvx1KI/AAAAAAAAAPc/TJ-1cxfM7y4/s320/beforeafter2.jpg" name="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601288854820738210" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601288854820738210" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: hand; width: 320px; height: 126px;"/></a><br/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GWwzPxPqd7s/TbvGiCdLJXI/AAAAAAAAAPU/GzAMAFrPh0A/s1600/beforeafter1%2Bcopy.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GWwzPxPqd7s/TbvGiCdLJXI/AAAAAAAAAPU/GzAMAFrPh0A/s320/beforeafter1%2Bcopy.jpg" name="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601288849642431858" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601288849642431858" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: hand; width: 320px; height: 173px;"/></a></div>