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The
London Courtyard
hard
landscaping
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Maureen
tackled this part of the work herself, and made an excellent choice
by laying reproduction flagstones in a random layout befitting an
older property.
She
chose to mimic the angular shape of the house by repeating those
straight lines in the raised planters, and solved the builders'
rubble and coal problem by creating a raised paved sitting area
on top!
This
also turned the only sunny patch into a place to sit and eat, drink
and relax.
As
a contrast to the rest of the paving, antique
brick paving was used in this area, which blended in well with
the brick planters and the old garden wall behind.
Tucked
into the corners and hidden from view, two spaces were found for
bikes, and the cats' cloakroom was slotted in behind the smaller
raised bed! A
scalloped edging tile is a great border tile for this sort of
area.
The
gap between flagstones and boundary wall was filled with gravel
and cobbles, and cobbles were also used on either side of the step
leading to the sitting area.
Both
the drain and manhole were hidden by creating wooden frames and
paving them in the same slabs.
Trompe
l'oeil trellis was fixed to the wall at the end of the garden as
a vertical feature, and the open space was filled with good quality
terracotta pots.
Still
to be done
The
next project is to create a wall-mounted water feature with water
cascading into a pond below, and the smaller of the two raised planters
has been earmarked for this purpose. This is discussed in the Water
feature Link below.
Water
Feature >
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