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Split-level rear garden with a sandstone patio, timber pergola, sleeper retaining edge and a levelled lawn area

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Front and rear garden landscaping

A split-level rear garden with a sandstone patio, sleeper steps and a pergola, plus a front garden levelled for turf with a new sandstone path.

Landscaping

Completed: August 2024
Paving: Indian sandstone
Steps: Timber sleepers with sandstone treads
Also: Pergola, gravel area, lawn preparation

The story

Step by step

Split-level rear garden with a sandstone patio, timber pergola, sleeper retaining edge and a levelled lawn area — The whole garden: patio, pergola, steps and a new lawn area.

01After

The rear garden

The garden sits below the pavement, so it was arranged on two levels: a sandstone patio by the house and a raised area retained with sleepers, levelled and prepared for a lawn.

Timber sleeper steps with sandstone treads leading from a sandstone patio up to a raised garden — Sleeper steps with sandstone treads link the two levels.

02After

Steps

Wide sleeper steps with sandstone treads connect the patio to the upper level.

Sandstone patio outside French doors with a timber pergola post, beside a brick boundary wall — Sandstone paving wraps around the back of the house.

03After

Patio

Sandstone paving wraps around the back of the house beneath a timber pergola.

Front garden levelled and raked ready for turf, with a sandstone path to the front door and a curved brick wall — Front garden levelled and raked, ready for turf.

04In progress

Front garden

At the front, a sandstone path leads to the door and the ground was levelled and raked ready for turf.

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