Concrete (Water Features)

Water in a garden adds a unique element. Particularly the sound of a trickling cascade, as in the photo above, provides a calming sensation. This cascade is actually a precast plastic unit, but has been surrounded with natural stone and planting to disguise it’s synthetic appearance. Most garden centres stock these precast units, which are very affordable, and often come with pumps included.

Projects using Concrete

Shandon Steel & Concrete

Three steel pergola arches can support swing chairs. Polished concrete patio and pond. The screens made of steel mesh will all rust and bleed a reddish colour over the rendered walls. An early draft of the design before the timber was swapped for steel.

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 […]