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Decorative Gravel

Decorative gravel comes in numerous colours, shapes, and sizes. It can provide many functions in the garden, from mulch for beds to mask a weed fabric, pathways, driveways etc.

The benefits when using as a hard surface for traffic (foot or vehicle) are it’s low cost, ease of fitting and removal, lack of maintenance, and often overlooked, security- foot traffic can be heard.

The drawbacks are, it can drift, more difficult for the young and old to walk on, leaf clearance can also be an issue if using a rake.

If using gravel for a pathway, choose a stone that has jagged edges and not a washed beach pebble with rounded edges, as the smooth edges allow the stone to slip under foot. Also the gauge, or width, of the stone must be considered, as a very small gauge or large will not get stuck in the soles of shoes

.Medium beach cobbles Large beach cobbles 14mm beach pebble 10mm beach pebble Large stone mulch Large Brown shingle 20mm Ocean blue chippings 6mm Shannon gold chippings 14mm Shannon gold chippings 20mm shannon gold chippings 14mm Silver granite chippings 40mm Plum slate mulch 20mm Plum slate 20mm Harvest gold chippings Small brown shingle 18mm Carling Pebble 8-10mm Pea gravel 20mm Pink Granite chippings 8-10mm Pink Granite 20mm Gold quartz 14mm Pink quartz chippings 14mm gold quartz 20mm Pink quartz Stone mulch on beds Gravel front garden Silver granite cobble edging

Projects using Decorative Gravel

Balbriggan Modern garden

This pergola bench bed, is the centre piece of this contemporary garden. The raised bed was a single pour concrete shuttered job, with the steel supports for the floating bench set during the pour. The seat is of larch timber, as is the pergola. The paving is Saigon blue limestone with silver granite cobbles as […]

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Wigan Rd. revamp

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Clontarf Circles

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Bike Lock Up

With no side entrance, the owners needed a secure bicycle storage solution in the front of the house.

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Front Garden – Low Maintenance

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Charleville Design

This project was designed on paper with the clients, and uses perfect arcs for each area in the garden. This use of strong geometric shape keeps the viewer’s eye on the floor of the space and leads them to the specimen plants of Tree fern and Japanese maple.

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Decking board screen

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Latest Projects

Gentle Curve

This long curving path in gold granite cobble, is repeated in the planting, as bands of colour on the same pathway.

3D Drawings

Some sample drawings, some in final draft , others in blue tone, are at layout stage, where choice of material is yet to be chosen.

White Render

Instead of painting walls and raised beds, white render gives a permanent colour, some even incorporate fungicide to deter green algae discolouration.

Reclaimed brick patio

    This striking urban garden has reclaimed brick as the dominant feature along with architectural planting. The herringbone pattern of the paving zigzag-ed around garden allowing pockets for the planting to creep into the gaps. Timber lattes painted black give an interesting texture to the boundaries, and also disguise an ugly wall with many […]

Balbriggan Modern garden

This pergola bench bed, is the centre piece of this contemporary garden. The raised bed was a single pour concrete shuttered job, with the steel supports for the floating bench set during the pour. The seat is of larch timber, as is the pergola. The paving is Saigon blue limestone with silver granite cobbles as […]

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