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Patios, paths, steps, retaining walls, turf, planting beds and garden drainage across Reading, Caversham and Tilehurst. Fully insured, with a free written quote before any work starts.
Hard landscaping
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Reading is gravel near the rivers and heavy clay away from them, so we dig a trial hole first and build the sub-base to the ground we actually find, not to a standard depth.
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Patios, paths, steps, retaining walls and hardstanding, in porcelain, natural stone, block paving or gravel.
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The sub-base does the work, so it is dug and compacted to suit what is underneath rather than to a set figure.
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Falls set away from the house and edges properly restrained, so nothing ponds, creeps or lifts after a winter.
Turf and planting
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The Reading Formation is mottled clay with sand bands, so soil can change across one garden. We plant to what each bed will carry.
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New lawns from turf or seed, on ground cleared, levelled and prepared rather than skimmed over and covered.
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Beds dug through, improved and planted, with edging that holds its line against the grass.
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Old turf, spoil and green waste taken away as muckaway, not stacked up behind the shed.
Garden drainage
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On the river terrace gravels a soakaway drains well. On the clay it often will not, so we test it before anything gets designed around it.
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Soakaways, land drains and channel drains where water sits, and levelling or terracing on sloping plots.
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Soakage tested to BRE Digest 365 before anything is designed around it, and kept over five metres from foundations.
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Access, skips and muckaway sorted before the first day, so the job does not stall halfway up your drive.
Landscaping specialists in Reading
Frequently asked questions
GET YOUR FREE QUOTE NOW
Send your postcode, what you would like doing, and a few photographs of the space as it is now.
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We look at the ground before we price anything. On clay or chalk the same patio is two different jobs.
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You get the quote in writing, itemised line by line, so you can see what each part of the work costs.
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Happy with it? We agree dates in writing before anyone turns up, and you are fully insured throughout.