Ideas, Inspiration & Trends
We have noticed a real trend over the last 2 years for using porcelain tiles in our clients’ gardens. So much so that this month we have invested in a…
Garden Construction
A Victorian look black and white tiled path transforms a front garden in Reading… The problem An uneven and tired-looking path, which is not in keeping with our client’s Victorian…
Garden Construction
We are now an accredited installer of resin products from the The Resin Mill and recently used it on a driveway in a front garden in Newbury. Our client’s requirement was…
Garden Construction
Following on from last month’s blog, it’s time to share with you our progress and new developments at the sunken garden in Reading… all the hard (& hot) work has…
Advice
Wherever there is a change of level in a garden, some form of step(s) or ramp is required. Garden steps present designers with plenty of opportunities to make bold statements…
Ideas, Inspiration & Trends
This month in Caversham (in some of the hottest temperatures this year!) we have been constructing a sunken garden at our client’s property. Sunken gardens are a design concept we…
Garden Construction
If you are looking to create a garden with a contemporary feel, take a good look at these grey oblong shaped porcelain paving slabs – used here in one of…
Patios
Where: Farley Hill, Reading When: October 2017 What: ALDA Landscapes installed a black tumbled Sandstone paving known as ‘Sagar’. It was laid over a large area incorporating the area directly…
Patios
What a transformation and it’s all down to a new landscaping design!…. This was the case at a converted old pump house in Wargrave last month, where the ALDA team…
Garden Construction
Following on from last month’s blog, things have definitely improved from those first steps of clearing our client’s garden of 36 tonnes of concrete paving! Back then we were working…
Garden Construction
… or so the ALDA team thought as we tackled the job of uplifting concrete paving and pathways during some of the hottest conditions we have experienced this year! The…
Garden Construction
It is easy to underestimate the impact a new patio can have on your garden. It can instantly update and refresh a garden which hasn’t been touched for many years….
Garden Construction
This week the landscaping team at ALDA have been busy constructing a curved brick seat in a garden in Barkham. The seat was designed by Alison to perfectly compliment the…
Drainage
When it comes to the hard landscaping of any of our garden designs, sustainable drainage systems are crucial to the success of the garden – how it will work for…
Patios
Yorkstone is a naturally occurring sedimentary Carboniferous sandstone of extremely good quality. It is sourced from the quarries of Northern England and has been used in most major towns and…