A small deck!!!!. Built for the William Hogarth School, Chiswick W4. We used over 6km of wood, 2000 bolts and 21000 screws. It is 25 x 10 m with a raised bed faced with a band of stainless steel to contrast the use of different materials. Planting is Stipa arundinacea, Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’ , Geranium machorrhizum. [...]

Over the last 5 or so years we have built many patios in Chiswick and West London. Patios are costly so need to be done right the first time. Particular attention needs to be paid to the patio’s foundations, any damp courses, levels and the fall of rainwater and to where it eventually goes. The [...]

Sarah (a client from Balham) asked me to come round and have a look at her garden. It is a very long and narrow so allowing for several different rooms / areas in the garden. There is an old shed than needs to be replaced, plants that need to be overhauled or severly cut back and [...]

Increasingly clients are looking for low maintenance solutions to lawns. We install both turf and astroturf / artificial grass to any size and shape. The preparation to lay a new surface is actually pretty similar. Links http://www.artificialgrass.org.uk/acatalog/ http://www.rolawn.co.uk/ Which of these Chiswick Grove Park and Bedford Park gardens are artificial? Leave a comment below! Lawns and [...]

A water garden feature. Nothing beats the relaxing sound of running water on a hot summer’s day. Water garden @ The Chiswick Gardener, London W4