With porcelain tiles being one of our most common asks, at the moment, we thought we’d write about them and paving in general! Recently, porcelain has been one of the most popular materials being used to lay patios and paths in residential gardens. Where it used to be the most expensive option, due to shortages and poor quality of other materials, it has become a more cost effective choice for many. We often get clients that ask how to take care of their newly laid patios and

Do you ever work so hard that you lose sight of why you do it? If you’re self-employed or own a business, the pressure is on you to keep working and make sure that everything is working as it should. It can be a hard slog sometimes. Long days, long nights – sometimes sleepless ones! When you’re engulfed in the paperwork and, in our case, the on-site work it’s hard to take a step back and remember your why! Why do I do this? Why did I become self-employed? Why do I work so har

The trend of having a garden designer is something that has had its interest sparked by programmes such as ITV's Love Your Garden and Garden Rescue and it seems a little more commonplace to have someone help you design an outside space that works for you. While these programmes are, often, a great watch - they can be somewhat deceiving. The designs are, indeed, great but it's easy to think that creating the design in real terms is not so costly or won't take very long. The tr

We often get asked the question, what is the average cost to landscape a garden and we thought we'd write a blog post to explain why we find that question so tricky to answer. The most common consideration most people have when planning their garden is the budget. We get asked, almost every day, can you give us a 'ball park' figure or can we give an average. This is super difficult to do for lots of reasons which we'll try and explain. The kind of things that affect the cost