Play Equipment (Gates/Furniture)

Trampolines, swings and slides are commonplace in gardens, however, they are temporary in the lifetime of a well designed garden i.e consider yourself and the tree you planted at maturity. Sometimes it’s an option to conceal play equipment in not so visible areas whose function may change in time, perhaps to a space for a glass house or potting shed.

Rubber matting can be used as a paving surface that can be used for cars and play. The red matting below has 99% bounce for basketball, and space for cars.

Tree houses are the stuff of childhood novels. Often the charm is lost with off the shelf models, and bespoke constructions can be cheap, and utilise a tight space.

Projects using Play Equipment

Sunken Trampoline

Safety is always a concern with trampolines – instead of building up, we dug down.

Rubber Yard

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 […]