Our work
What we have built, at people’s homes
Real jobs, photographed as they are. Dry stone walls, timber terraces, raised beds, greenhouses, pruning and felling.
On television
Jobs filmed by others
Four programmes shot at our clients’ homes, three of them for “Queesch duerch de Gaart”.
Timber terrace and raised beds
Tropical hardwood terrace, beds edged with sleepers, open to the meadow.
See this service →Dismantling at the entrance to a property
Conifers taken down section by section, above a gate and a wall.
See this service →Enclosed courtyard in larch cladding
Horizontal open slatting, beds edged in steel and grasses.
See this service →Traditional greenhouse
Foundations, brick base and complete assembly.
See this service →Path in stabilised gravel
A winding line, buried edging and mulch, without a single straight line.
See this service →Timber terrace against the rock
The edge laid as close as possible to the rock, a gravel bed at its foot.
See this service →Garden lit on a rainy evening
Fittings recessed into the paving and the lawn, two trees lit from below.
See this service →Mulched beds along the lawn
White pebbles at the edge, bark mulch, lawn cut flush.
See this service →Larch screen
Horizontal open slatting, the ivy kept, a gravel path.
See this service →Dismantling a large conifer
Lowered in sections from the top, on sloping ground.
See this service →Paved terrace and screen
Reclaimed old setts, a reed screen and planting in pots.
See this service →Timber terrace and stone wall
A long terrace, a natural stone wall and lawn at the same level.
See this service →Cascade with three water blades
Three blades set in a steel wall, the water falling back into the pond.
See this service →A bed of rudbeckias
In front of a timber fence, in full August flower.
See this service →Orchard kitchen garden in sleepers
Oak bed, stepping stones and two old cold frames, under the apple trees.
See this service →Lawn and paved channel
Dense lawn edged by a channel of setts, in front of the shed.
See this service →Retaining wall in oak sleepers
Two levels held by the timber, a gravel path at the foot.
See this service →Timber terrace and black gravel
Tropical hardwood boards, steel edging and grasses alongside.
See this service →Treehouse
Perched in a sound tree, steps and guardrail in solid timber.
See this service →Large format ceramic terrace
Slabs on pedestals, fine joints and lawn cut flush with the edge.
See this service →Steps and beds in sleepers
Oak treads and retaining edges, stabilised gravel.
See this service →Green roof, the year it was laid
The substrate has just been planted; the mat closes up within two seasons.
See this service →Pond at the foot of a slate wall
Dry stone built in slate, water blade, ipe terrace at the edge.
See this service →Circular paving in natural stone
Setts laid in concentric arcs, by hand, around a central point.
See this service →Woven willow screen
Split willow woven onto a wrought iron grille, set on its stone base.
See this service →Natural swimming pond and terrace
A pond filtered by plants, timber terrace laid flush with the water.
See this service →Raised bed in oak
Solid oak sleepers, made to measure.
See this service →Green roof on an outbuilding
Sedums and stonecrops planted as plugs on lava substrate, in the heart of the village.
See this service →Log store
Built in the workshop from reclaimed timber, sheet metal roof.
See this service →Dry stone wall and its niche
Built without mortar, stone by stone, up to the arch. The niche is formed as the wall goes up.
See this service →Greenhouse on a brick base
Steel frame built on brick, oak sleeper bed, the valley behind.
See this service →Green roof
On a garden shed, extensive planting.
See this service →Slabs laid in a chequer on gravel
Large slabs laid staggered, a planter in oak sleepers.
See this service →Cedar cladding and a corten door
Open cedar slatting, a recess closed by a corten steel door, handles cut from the solid.
See this service →Olive tree lit from below
Four recessed fittings flush with the gravel: the tree becomes the lamp.
See this service →Green roof at the edge of a terrace
Lava substrate, sedums planted as plugs, ipe terrace alongside.
See this service →Dismantling with rigging
A stripped trunk, a rigging line: the tree comes down piece by piece.
See this service →Pond lit at nightfall
Water blade and stone wall caught in the light, the pond lit from below.
See this service →Rainwater tank in the excavation
Several thousand litres lowered and wedged before backfilling.
See this service →Garden steps
Oak sleepers and a path in compacted gravel.
See this service →The same tree, before and after
Reshaping a roadside tree, over two seasons.
See this service →Beds edged in stone blocks
Curved edges, a bed of crushed slate and spring planting.
See this service →Timber terrace and recessed lighting
Spots sunk into the board, mulched beds and a clipped hedge behind.
See this service →Fence with horizontal boards
Oiled timber, matching gate, posts set in concrete.
See this service →Cedar cladding
Open slatting and a built-in bench, cut from the same timber.
See this service →Planted dry stone wall
Built without mortar, planted with perennials and ground cover.
See this service →Timber terrace and lawn
Terrace, paving and lawn brought to the same level.
See this service →Pollarding a willow
Cut back on the head, clean cuts, the tree will break again from the same point.
See this service →Garden steps in sleepers
Oak treads and gravel risers, on a steep bank.
See this service →Stump grinding
The stump milled in passes, the chips loaded onto the trailer.
See this service →Chestnut paling fence
Split chestnut and a gate, at the edge of the woodland.
See this service →Garden of box and roses
Box in balls, conifers clipped into columns, roses and lavender along a paved path.
See this service →Village garden kept to the line
Lawn with clean curves, a fan of granite setts, clipped box.
See this service →Ipe terrace
Ipe boards and a mulched bed along the edge.
See this service →Felling in a built-up area
Dismantled in sections, the main stem lowered by lorry crane.
See this service →Steps in beams and a low wall
Hardwood treads set into a low dry stone wall.
See this service →Enclosed garden and terrace
Fencing on three sides, timber terrace and new lawn.
See this service →Wrought iron gazebo
Set on circular paving, surrounded by beds and climbers.
See this service →Timber terrace and steps
Tropical hardwood and sleeper steps, open to the valley.
See this service →Entrance edged with oak sleepers
Sleepers set upright, a gravel bed, mulched beds on either side of the drive.
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