HARD LANDSCAPING
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DECKING AND BOARDWALKS
100 × 100mm (4 × 4in) pressure-treated timber posts for decking frame
100 × 50mm (4 × 2in) pressure-treated timber joists
90mm (3½in) decking frame screws
145 × 32mm (5¾ × 1¼in) treated softwood decking boards
60mm (2⅓in) decking screws – 28 screws per square metre
Concrete to support frame posts: ballast and ordinary Portland cement (5:1 ratio) plus water
CONCRETE CIRCLE
100mm (4in) uPVC strip (easily bendable)
50 × 50mm (2 × 2in) posts to support the uPVC strip, fixed with nails and road pins
100 × 50mm (4 × 2in) timber to radius length
100mm (4in) thickness of concrete: 20mm (¾in) ballast with ordinary Portland cement at 1:5 ratio
50mm (2in) depth of sharp sand, snowcrete and glass aggregate at 5:1:1 ratio with plasticizer and beige concrete additive
Mortar cleaner
WATER FEATURES
1.2m × 1.8m × 6mm (4ft × 6ft × ¼in) thick acrylic screens
2.4m × 75mm × 75mm (8ft × 3in × 3in) fenceposts
Black timber preservative to stain posts
60mm (2⅓in) stainless-steel screws
15mm (½in) copper pipe with elbow joints and miscellaneous fittings
Stainless-steel tanks: 120 × 80 × 20cm (47 × 31½ × 8in)
Steel grid cut to size to support aggregates
Coloured aggregates
Pumps
Misting machines
MIRRORS
Polished stainless-steel mirrors
2.4m × 75mm × 75mm (6¾ft × 3in × 3in) fenceposts
Black timber preservative to stain posts
60mm (2⅓in) stainless-steel screws
SHADE SAIL
5sq m (64sq ft) shade sail
Four 2.4m × 75mm × 75mm (8ft × 3in × 3in) posts
Postfix ready-mix concrete to concrete vertical support posts. One 20kg bag will fill a 30 × 30 × 30cm (12 × 12 × 12in) hole. Use 40kg of concrete per post.
Fixings
TRELLIS
Chelsea (square lattice) trellis
LIGHTING
Low voltage, black, powder-coated spike lights
Cables, clips and other accessories
Transformers
Junction boxes
Remote control
IRRIGATION
Irrigation timer
Low-pressure porous pipe
Tap connectors
Valves
Pipe pegs
NB Measure your garden carefully, in order to establish the quantities required to suit your particular outdoor space. All electrical work within gardens has to conform to building regulations, and final connection to mains power has to be done by a qualified electrician.
Potentilla ‘Red Ace’
BEHIND PERSPEX/PLEXIGLASS SCREENS
Phyllostachys nigra
BETWEEN PERSPEX/PLEXIGLASS SCREENS
Soleirolia soleirolii
IN FRONT OF RIGHT WATER SCREEN
Equisetum hyemale
Mimulus ‘Bonfire Red’
Zantedeschia aethiopica ‘Crowborough’
IN FRONT OF LEFT MIRROR SCREEN
Darmera peltata
Echinacea purpurea ‘Magnus’
Euphorbia griffithii ‘Dixter’
Hedychium coccineum ‘Tara’
Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’
SMALL MIXED BED
Anemone x hybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’
Cirsium rivulare ‘Atropurpureum’
Crocosmia ‘Emily McKenzie’
Hedychium coccineum ‘Tara’
Hemerocallis ‘Lemon Bells’
Rudbeckia fulgida deamii
GROUND COVER PLANTS
Agapanthus Headbourne Hybrids
Anemanthele lessoniana
Canna sp.
Gunnera manicata
Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’
Verbena bonariensis
BENEATH THE STAIRCASE
Alchemilla mollis
Blechnum spicant
Carex pendula
Lychnis flos-cuculi
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Primula bulleyana
SPECIMEN PLANTS
Dicksonia antarctica (1.5m/5ft)
Trachycarpus fortunei
CLIMBERS
Lonicera periclymenum ‘Belgica’
Passiflora caerulea
Parthenocissus henryana
Trachelospermum jasminoides
Vitis coignetiae
NB Plants are usually grouped in numbers of 3, 5 and 7, but the numbers you choose should be determined by the size of your garden.
Bouncing light and reflections into this small north-facing garden, mirrors are a wonderful way to create the illusion of space. Less heavy, more cost effective and safer than glass, acrylic screens are the best choice.
The crushed glass set within the concrete reflects garden lighting after dark, or shafts of dappled sunlight during daylight hours, making it sparkle beautifully.
