DOT Garden Projects
Three of our recent garden projects around Uttoxeter and Stoke: what the customer needed, what we built, and what it cost. Prices are plus VAT.
Recent gardens
A Low-Maintenance Family Garden with a Play Area
A young family with one little one, and a garden that wasn’t usable: uneven ground with just a few slabs down.
What did we build?
A big beige porcelain patio right by the house, with porcelain slabs leading up the garden to a second patio at the back, a spot for the barbecue. In the gap between the garage and the fence, we made a bark-chip play area for their child.
Why so little lawn?
They wanted it low maintenance, so we only left a small square of grass that’s quick and easy to look after, with raised sleeper beds along the fence.
New-Build Garden, Started Again
A standard new-build garden: uneven, a few slabs down, and very low effort from the housebuilder. Water also used to pool in the middle of the lawn every time it rained.
What did we build?
We dug it out and started again. There’s now a large grey sandstone patio by the house, chosen for its more natural look, with a path leading up to a second large patio with a pergola and seating area. Timber sleeper planters run all the way round the edges.
How did we fix the waterlogged lawn?
We sorted the drainage while the garden was dug out, so the water no longer sits in the middle of the grass. New-build gardens often have this problem, because the ground is compacted during the build.
Tiered Patio in an Unusable Corner
The customers had a corner of the garden they just couldn’t use. It was overgrown and sat at an awkward height above the rest of the garden, held up by a brick retaining wall.
What did we build?
We cleared it and turned it into a tiered patio in grey sandstone, stepping down with the slope of the garden. There’s room for patio furniture on the tiers, and a small planter section at the back.
What was the tricky part?
Access. There was no way to get a normal-sized machine into that corner, so we used a micro digger and did a lot more of the work by hand. It took more manpower than a flat garden, which is why it was about 5 weeks on site.
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