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Family garden: The finished steps with new turf either side.
Whole garden rebuild · Tonbridge · 3 weeks

Family garden

A garden taken back to bare soil and rebuilt. Resin terrace, dark granite steps against a slate-clad riser, sleeper beds, new turf, a bark play area, and a trampoline sunk flush into brick edging.

Taken back to bare soil and rebuilt over three weeks.

Before

Patchy lawn and loose gravel, with the trampoline sitting above the ground.

Patchy lawn and loose gravel, with the trampoline sitting proud of the ground.
Patchy lawn and loose gravel, with the trampoline sitting proud of the ground.

Digging out

Lawn, gravel and soft ground dug out and taken away.

Taken back to bare soil.
Taken back to bare soil.

The base

Sleeper beds built along the wall, then a sand base laid ahead of the paving.

Sleeper beds built and the sand base going down against the new sandstone.
Sleeper beds built and the sand base going down against the new sandstone.
Sand base laid ready for paving.
Sand base laid ready for paving.

Steps

Granite steps built up from the new level, before the turf went down.

Granite steps being built, with the sand base still open around them.
Granite steps being built, with the sand base still open around them.

Finished

Resin terrace, granite steps with resin treads against a slate-clad riser, new turf, sleeper beds along the boundary, and the trampoline flush with the lawn.

The resin terrace finished, with new turf beyond it.
The resin terrace finished, with new turf beyond it.
The finished steps with new turf either side.
The finished steps with new turf either side.
Bark play area with a climbing frame, edged in brick.
Bark play area with a climbing frame, edged in brick.
New turf and the trampoline sunk flush into brick edging.
New turf and the trampoline sunk flush into brick edging.

Materials

Resin-bound aggregateDark graniteSlate claddingOak sleepersBrick edgingTurfBark
Sandstone patio
Next

Sandstone patio →

A rear garden patio dug out, built up on a compacted stone sub-base, and finished in sandstone with a curved brick edge to the lawn.

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