GARDENWORKS.CO.UK. are a garden landscape company based in Barnes in West London offering garden services as London landscape gardeners from landscaping and garden building works, fencing, patios, decking, planting, turfing, ponds etc. We have been landscape gardeners designing and building gardens all over London and the South-east for the past twenty years. The gardens we have made range from modest city makeovers to large country houses. We are able to work in all styles of garden landscaping. From Londons' premier landscape gardeners you have the choice oftraditional gardens, using authentic reclaimed materials like Yorkstone flags, London stocks and ornaments, combined with cottage planting and Rose beds. Or modern gardens with sharp, clean lines using rendered walls, decking and minimal planting.
LANDSCAPING
From transforming small London town gardens to major construction projects, we have always been committed to delivering the highest standards of workmanship andquality you would expect from experienced professional landscape gardeners expert in plantsmanship. Every garden is different and requires new skills and solutions. We have built hundreds of gardens in the London area over the years and are able to take each project from the initial consultation, right through the design and landscape gardening side, construction, to the planting and maintenance stage. Working mainly in Richmond, Kew, Barnes as landscape gardeners in London and the South East of LONDON we have developed a broad range of clients that are always happy to pass on our name as landscape gardeners in London to friends etc.
MAINTENANCE
The company started out in LONDON 1988 carrying out purely garden maintenance. Acquiring all the necessary horticultural skills and experience working in the private and landscape gardeners London commercial sector, maintaining large developments where jobs included mowing parks and formal lawns, LONDON planting formal bedding schemes, ornamental ponds, greenhouse cultivation, irrigation etc. Also several smaller gated landscape gardeners London properties and numerous private gardens.
As a company LONDON we have remained modest in size in order to provide what we consider essential elements landscape gardeners London to ensure that any job is undertaken to the same exacting specification and also on budget.
We have always believed that ‘word of mouth’ recommendation is the best form of advertising and therefore have never advertised landscape gardeners London our services anywhere. However, with the LONDON unstoppable dominance of the Internet, it seemed prudent to provide our clients with a window to view some of our works and testimonials.
It is only in this way that one can deliver exactly what the client has every right to expect; to engage a LONDON skilled and landscape gardeners London experienced team of gardeners, that turn up on time every day, are polite and friendly and work hard to landscape gardeners London provide a garden LONDON of the highest quality
Typically, after an initial meeting to discuss LONDON the brief and requirements of the design, we would provide landscape gardeners London an estimate, plan and time schedule. Following acceptance of the LONDON quote, my team and I would start on the landscape gardeners London agreed date and carry out every aspect of the work ourselves, with a guarantee to stay on site until completion of the works
GRAHAM SCOTT
I have been passionate about gardening since childhood and have been running my own company since 1988. With a degree in rural studies and a diploma in Horticulture/Botany as well landscape gardeners London as 20 years experience, I have strived to provide a complete solution for clients who are looking for a professional, LONDON friendly and personal service.
I have always had a very hands-on approach to the gardens I build and plant. I have been laying paving, turf and decking, landscape gardeners London building walls and pergolas and planting trees, shrubs LONDON and perennials for almost as long as I can remember. It’s what I love to do and I get a great deal of personal satisfaction from LONDON taking an unloved or landscape gardeners London neglected garden and transforming it into a beautiful, stylish space
My premise has always been; you want a LONDON company that can offer and achieve very high standards of landscape gardeners London work and will handle every stage of the works from design, construction, planting. All the way through to completion
My own interests include, obviously, gardening, in all it’s many forms. DIY. As well as being competant in LONDON plumbing, building and decoration. I love to read, socialise and keep fit. I run around Richmond Park every Sunday in training for my first marathon. I do Yoga as often as I can and am learning landscape gardeners London Polish and German! I have two handsome LONDON boys and live in Barnes LONDON
We are able to offer a full and compehensive service covering all aspects of Decking and timber flooring. We have installed LONDON many types of decking using all types of softwood and hardwood timber
Typically we would install a treated wooden frame or bearers to carry the deck and this would usually be supported on concrete pads or laid directly onto an existing base if suitable. Usually landscape gardeners Londona planting membrane would be laid under the frame to stop any weeds coming through the finished deck. Steps and slopes are built in the same way using tried and tested methods of securing the timber to ensure safety and function
The main question that confronts the landscape gardeners London client is what type of decking...First of there is the actual wood profile LONDON to consider. Whether to have a slim smooth board or a wide grooved profile or something in between. Generally speaking the range goes from 6"wide to around 3" wide and usually comes with LONDON either; grooves, which are fairly deep that are supposed to increase tread and therefore safety, and provide a pleasing linear effect; ribbed, which still has an anti-slip quality to it but the linear LONDON effect is less pronounced and finally; smooth, which is of course has a smooth flat profile that has no grip at all when wet and icy but does give a fairly typical neutral feel of plain timber flooring.
Next comes softwood versus hardwood, or other. softwood decking is cheaper, about half the price of hardwood and slightly quicker to lay. It is generally available in the wider profiles and usually comes waxed or tannalised to weatherproof it. The advantage is landscape gardeners London obviously LONDON cost but the downside is that it will inevitably age and fade more quickly than hardwood, will landscape gardeners London need more regular maintenance such as jet-washing and sealing and is more prone to splitting and landscape gardeners London splinters.
Hardwood is available in a much wider range of styles landscape gardeners London and profiles. types include; Balau, Iroco, Oak, Mahogany etc. Typically you would look to pay about 2 to 3 landscape gardeners London times the price for hardwood decking depending on the timber. Advantages are many; Hardwood landscape gardeners London is a much slower growing denser material so landscape gardeners London it has natural LONDON waterproof qualities; it can be shaped and planed more finely than softwood so it can take a more delicate profile there is no need to wax or treat hardwood, ever, because is so strong and resilient and it just looks so much more classy landscape gardeners London than softwood. Everyone LONDON who has had hardwood decking done by us has been impressed landscape gardeners London with the sheer quality the wood itself gives to the finished garden. Downsides are really only the cost and the fact that landscape gardeners London it too will fade to grey unless it is regularly stained or sealed.
The third option is the new range of composite decking that has sprung up. Basically a wood fibre, resin mix which has the appearence of timber but fewer of the disadvantages. It is fireproof, it is made from recycled materials, it has a permanent colour so it will not noticeably LONDON fade, it will not rot or split or splinter and it is available landscape gardeners London in a wider range of colours i.e. black, white, grey etc. In our experience in laying it, it does not really feel 'warm' like real wood does and has a slightly corporate feel and it is also just landscape gardeners London as expensive as LONDON hardwood decking.
There are many possibilities for installation including landscape gardeners London plain and patterned floors, steps, slopes for access etc together with a wide range of interconnected materials such as handrails, screens, seating etc
From laying huge slabs of Old Yorkstone to mosaic tiles, we have had a lot of experience in designing, choosing and London landscape gardeners sourcing the right paving material landscape gardeners London to enhance any garden. Usually we use the full bed LONDON mortar technique, which means each slabs is laid landscape gardeners London on wet mortar and levelled. thus avoiding any lifting or cracking under strain that may occur otherwise landscape gardeners London
Paving, the most traditional and functional of all London landscape gardeners landscaping materials can be perhaps the most versatile and challenging to use. With so many textures, landscape gardeners London colours, shapes London landscape gardeners and styles, paving is probably the single most basic decision to be made when considering landscaping your garden.
Shapes are usually rectangular London landscape gardeners and can e laid in many different ways. Most common is the random pattern where LONDON slabs are laid in random sizes landscape gardeners London harking back to the days when only natural stone landscape gardeners London was available and sizes produced with no regularity in LONDON terms of dimensions or thickness, or in course London landscape gardeners using similar sizes laid in lines like a typical street pavement
Old Yorkstone is probably the most famous forerunner London landscape gardeners of these and traditionally the regular similar sized slabs were laid at the front of the house to confer status, landscape gardeners London and the remaining random slabs or flags laid at the back. London landscape gardeners Caution must be used when landscape gardeners London sourcing Old Yorkstone flags. Because of the limited nature of finding the 'reclaimed' slabs it is easy to get fobbed off with leeser quality stone. Slabs that were LONDON laid in mills and foundries is far too thick and awkward to use London landscape gardeners for domestic application and is usually of inferior landscape gardeners London quality surface-wise. Also, Old Yorkstone is really quite slippery London landscape gardeners when laid in dark or damp locations and can be extremely hazardous. The cost of good quality Yorkstone is also London landscape gardeners pretty high at around £70-£110 per metre LONDON but if the period of the house landscape gardeners London warrants it and an absolutely authentic look is what is sought, then there is nothing to be it London landscape gardeners
Indian Sandstone is also very popular these days. It is freely available in a wide variety of sizes and colours. it is very LONDON hard and durable and it is after all a natural stone , so it has that natural, real quality. Indian sandstone is also available 'honed' which gives it a smoother London landscape gardeners surface, is availble landscape gardeners London in circular patterns and even as large spheres London landscape gardeners and water features. It is also quick to lay LONDON because of its regularity and finish. Prices typically are from around £20-£40 per metre2
Slate is very nice and modern to use but is on the London landscape gardeners expensive side £40-£60 per metre2 and can be quite slippery. Also limited really to grey,green and blue/black
Then there are all the other various ranges of paving slabs from the catalogues, builders merchants and garden centres. LONDON All are usually a composite mixture of materials, usually containing concrete. They range from the sublime to the ridiculous really, very cheap landscape gardeners London brands are really not worth using; poor quality, unattractive London landscape gardeners and not very strong. The superior manufactures like Marshalls, Bradstone etc do landscape gardeners London make a bewildering range of paving products and each has its own merits and advantages
Block paving also should be considered if the area to be paved is a driveway of garage area, or engenders a lot of heavy duty use. London landscape gardeners Used like concrete landscape gardeners London blocks or bricks they are laid on sand only and then compacted with a 'whacker' plate London landscape gardeners and ten landscape gardeners London finally kiln dried sand brushed in to fix them. available in many colours, different shapes, with landscape gardeners London edging stones, gullies, kerbs etc they are truly versatile
The use of Bricks in paving is quite traditional, especially laid in Herringbone patterns and circles. This tends to works very landscape gardeners London well with Old Yorkstone
Fencing is also very important to consider in terms of the overall feel of any garden. And once again it often comes down to cost. There are generally 3 types of fencing that will be London landscape gardeners presented for the job. Starting at the top the best wooden fencing available is generally the Scandinavian type, that is; double braced and framed panels in various styles with excellent quality in terms of cracking, warping etc. Available in a myriad of landscape gardeners London shapes and sizes with add-ons like gazebos, arches, trellis to match. Jacksons are particularly good for London landscape gardeners sourcing high quality fencing. Next would probably be Closeboard or featherede fencing. Coming almost in kit form, one landscape gardeners London has to construct it from the ground up. landscape gardeners London Firstly the posts, usually 100 x 100, then the Arris rails London landscape gardeners and landscape gardeners London gravel boards are fitted to the posts and then finally the featheredge boards are fixed. It does provide a very attractive fence that should last for at least 25 years with a bit of maintenance and is probably the most popular choice for mid-range expense. Lastly and leastly we have overlap or larch-lap fencing. Simply made from thin landscape gardeners London crosscuts of timber sandwiched into a frame and London landscape gardeners fixed between the landscape gardeners London posts. these panels do warp and twist a lot and are really only good for 5 years maximum. If you are considering having landscape gardeners London fencing work carried out i would not recommend London landscape gardeners using them unless it is a temporary fix.
There are of course lots of alternatives to timber fencing landscape gardeners London available that we have experience in providing. Brick walls, concrete post and fence combinations, trellis and bamboo screens, chain-link fencing etc. Even railings should be considered
One of the unique qualities our company has to offer is that we handle the whole job from consultation to design, construction and planting. And even maintenance in certain situations. I personally have been planting trees, shrubs and perrenials for over 20 years and am fully qualified horticulturally to discuss plant varieties, pruning, situation, feeding, care and diseases etc. We have had a lot of experience in using plants to enhance the gardens we build. From craning landscape gardeners London in huge trees to sewing annuals in greenhouses and everything between London landscape gardeners Typically we would finish the hard-landscaping before fully committing to a planting scheme. This allows for a better feel of what the newly built garden will need to soften and clothe it. We are able to source our plant material from large out-of-town London landscape gardeners growers that can usually import anything they don't have so as to fully landscape gardeners London realise the gardens potential and give a more or less instant impact rather than waiting years for the plants to develope. What we try to avoid is the situation London landscape gardeners that we see so often; the designer makes the plant list, the buider builds the garden and the gardener put the plants in. This is not ideal! One person should be able to oversee and effect all these actions London landscape gardeners and provide this service otherwise the end result is not cohesive, not sustainable and quite often not attractive
