We're good, but
some things landscaping can't
change,
Sunny south facing, Shady north facing, rocky, clay, sandy soils. So, we work with you to design a makeover that works with what you've got.
Some things a makeover can change,
There are lots of attractive hill side gardens in Clevedon that can be made more accessible without losing their natural beauty, slopes can be leveled or terraced
using retaining walls, garden drainage can be improved for water logged areas, raised beds for areas with poor or soggy soil, or you might just need easier access to your
borders, patios for entertaining or just relaxing, block paved parking areas, special turf for shady areas.
Live with the things that can't be changed and change the things that can.
Contact Mike
Ideas
First Visit is
free, to meet up and talk over your ideas, have a look at your garden and agree a meeting to prepare a detailed brief and the basis of the design.
Site Survey. We will usually carry this out but for large scale changes in levels a report by a Land Surveyor may be needed.
Design
This meeting sets out the proposals for your garden, including areas of hard landscaping and planting plans. The
plan is discussed and agreed with you and any changes will made at this stage.
After agreeing the outline, a Layout Plan is drawn up showing the position of the main features and how the garden is to be set out and constructed. Its the
basis for us or a landscape gardening contractor of your choice to build your Garden from.
Construction
Construction Drawings - if necessary, separate drawings can be provided of
water features etc.
Landscape gardening - If you choose your own gardening contractor to do the work, we can monitor the work
and visit the site on a regular basis to ensure that work is being carried out to our design.
Planting
Planting plans will detail the name of each plant, position, spacing for planting and quantities required.
Supply and Planting - We can source the plants, and if required plant them.
Maintenance gardening.
The services of a local maintenance gardener can also be
arranged.
Saving money on Garden design fees.
Design it yourself, Designing your own garden layout can save hundreds of pounds. There are many books, CDs and websites that
can help. Probably the best way, especially if you are not sure your ideas are practical, is to discuss them on site with a good landscape gardener.
There may be a charge if the changes to the garden involve drainage or leveling,
but If you hire the landscaper to do the work they will probably refund any charge.
TIP. If you do use a professional garden designer, make sure every aspect of the work is
covered, including gradients, retaining walls, suitable hard landscaping materials, water table and garden drainage in the plan. Some "airy fairy" garden designers
are great at planting plans and aerial views, but not so good at the practical stuff.
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If the design involves moving tons of soil, is their access for a
digger?
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If the layout includes digging out a pond or deep footings for retaining
walls, will the water table allow excavation?
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If paving is planned for low areas of the garden, will the area require
drainage to be installed?
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These are just some of the problems I have found this
year, following plans drawn up by professional landscape garden designers.
Colours you have in
your garden say a lot about You Plants for
colour
Mobility landscaping
I also design and build gardens to assist mobility and easy access for elderly people, wheelchair gardeners and folk with disabilities and arthritis that makes bending over, getting around and
gardening difficult.This includes non slip pathways, leveling slopes, raised beds and low maintenance schemes. Disabled gardening
The old Somerset landscape gardener
He
had two large patio builders buckets, each hung on the ends of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the buckets
was a bit rusty and had a crack in it, while the other bucket was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water.
At the end of the often long walks from the water tap to the cement mixer, the cracked bucket arrived only half full. This went
on over the many years of building gardens in North Somerset,with the landscape gardener tipping only one and a half pots of water into the cement mixer. Of course,the perfect builders
bucket was proud of its accomplishments.
But the poor cracked bucket was ashamed of its own imperfection and miserable that it could only do half of what it had been
paid to do.
One day during a trip to get water for the latest job in Clevedon, following years of what it perceived to be a
bitter failure, the cracked builders bucket said to Mike "I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to the cement mixer"
Mike smiled and said: "Did you notice that there were always flowers growing on your side of the paths we built, but not on the other bucket's side?" he went
on, "That's because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path and every day while we walked back, you watered
them."
The old landscape gardener went on: "For all these years I have been thanked by our clients in Clevedon, who long after we have loaded
up our truck and gone, have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate there
homes.
Without you being just the way you are, the flowers could not have grown and made our customers extra happy with our work, and we
would not have had so many of the recommendations that have helped keep us working, even through these tough times"
Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding
Our landscaping services in Clevedon
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Patio laying patios and block paving, sandstone landscapes.
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Lawn care Turfing and general lawn care, preparing the surface and laying turf
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Garden ponds Repairing and building ponds using liners or puddled clay
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Mobility Tips and landscaping services, raised beds, paths for wheelchair gardeners and no
dig gardening.
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Garden drainage Advice and drainage services, herringbone, french drains and soakaways
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Sloping gardens Retaining and leveling tips, building retaining walls digging out slopes and
more.