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Project sheets

Projects, written as sheets

Each sheet gives the season, the timeline and the scope, in the same format the client and the crew receive.

  • A modern courtyard garden with a wooden pergola, raised planters, tall grasses and a stepped water feature
    Summer build

    Courtyard with a stepped water feature

    A small walled courtyard behind a rowhouse: a timber pergola, raised planters, tall grasses and a stepped basin.

    • Season: built May to July, planted in September

    • Timeline: three months of work, planting after the summer

    • Scope: pergola, planters, basin, grasses

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  • A dry-stone wall edges a planted bed beside a wooden deck under tall trees
    Spring build

    Dry-stone wall beside a deck

    A dry-laid wall that holds a planted bed against the grade, running alongside a timber deck under mature trees.

    • Season: built April to June, planted in October

    • Timeline: eight weeks of stonework and carpentry

    • Scope: dry-laid wall, deck edge, shade planting

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  • A curved lawn sweeps up to beds of pink and yellow shrubs in front of a large stone house
    Spring planting

    Front garden for a stone house

    A sweeping lawn edge, layered shrub beds and a planting scheme drawn to look settled in its third year.

    • Season: beds prepared in March, planted in April and May

    • Timeline: five weeks of planting after the plan was approved

    • Scope: lawn edge, shrub and perennial beds, mulch

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  • A rock-lined stream with small falls and grasses beside a brick house
    Summer build

    Stream and planted bank

    A rock-lined stream with small falls, set into a bank beside the house and planted with grasses.

    • Season: built June to August, planted in September

    • Timeline: seven weeks of excavation, liner and stone

    • Scope: stream, falls, pump, bank planting

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  • An outdoor kitchen under a slatted pergola with a long wooden picnic table and a stone wall
    Spring build

    Outdoor kitchen under a pergola

    A built-in kitchen and a long table under a slatted timber roof, set against a stone wall.

    • Season: built April to July, planted in September

    • Timeline: four months, with gas and electrical trades scheduled in

    • Scope: pergola, stone wall, kitchen surround, paving

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  • A dry-laid stone wall edged with hostas and shrubs
    Spring build

    Dry-laid wall with shade planting

    A low dry-laid wall along a shaded border, planted with hostas and shrubs that prefer the dim light.

    • Season: wall in April, planted in May

    • Timeline: three weeks of stonework, two of planting

    • Scope: low wall, shaded border, hostas and shrubs

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Sample projects, to be replaced with the firm's own work.

More sample work

Walls, paths and planting in detail

A low grey granite block retaining wall holds back a mossy bank under trees
A granite retaining wall holding a mossy bank
Curved stone retaining walls form grassy terraces with steps in a park lined with trees
Curved walls and grass terraces
Two white folding chairs and a table sit on gravel among winter shrubs and bird feeders
A gravel sitting area among winter shrubs
A brick path leads across a green lawn and flower beds to a lit wooden house at dusk
A brick path at dusk
A wooden boardwalk runs beside a sunny lawn with birch trees in front of a large house
A boardwalk beside a lawn
A white gate opens onto a brick path between spiral topiaries leading to a small red brick house
A gate, a brick path and clipped topiaries

Sample photos.

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