Landscape Gardening and Decking

Garden feature installation in Durham

• Summerhouse with verandah
• Wall mounted steel pergola
• Garden statue
• Bird bath
• Trellis garden arch
• Trellis sided arbour
• Dragon pergola
• Patio deck kit
• Stainless steel water feature
• High curve garden arch

Finding garden services in Durham

Whether you've recently moved to a new house and have an overgrown garden or your garden is in need of refurbishment, assistance can be provided by reliable gardening specialists in Durham. We can put you in touch with experienced local gardeners with the garden design skills to transform exterior areas or deliver expert garden maintenance such as lawn care and tree surgery. Various garden structures can be erected or included in new designs, such as pergolas or rustic wooden archways, stone ornaments like bird baths, or storage sheds, greenhouses and summer houses.

Durham flower bed planting

Gardens nearly always have flower beds, however big or small your outdoor area, and whether its a front garden or a rear garden. Various types of plants can be used when planting borders providing different heights, shapes and colours of plant flowers and foliage, and additionally providing food if in a herb or veg garden. Established gardeners in Durham can create planting scheme plans to make a beautiful feature of your home's exterior, whether wildlife gardening is your priority, plants that give colour in cold winter months, or flowers and colour year round. If time is tight and low maintenance planting is needed, planting hardy perennials or shrubs can be useful, or specimen tree planting to provide focal points.

Durham gardening services

• Designing planting schemes
• Planting flower beds
• Paving seating areas
• Garden maintenance services
• Creating garden designs
• Creating water features
• Incorporating garden ornaments
• Clearing overgrown gardens
• Building raised beds
• Digging garden ponds

Child friendly gardens in Durham

At properties where children regularly visit, a child friendly garden will likely be a priority. Quality Durham garden designers can focus on this when creating garden designs, whether you want space for kids to play or erection of climbing frames and swings, or incorporation of non slip pathways to avoid slipping when wet. Fence panels can be erected between garden borders so children remain inside garden areas and covers can be fitted to ponds or water features so outdoors, children are not at risk from water features.

Durham decking services

Decking is often laid to provide a garden feature which looks attractive and provides seating areas. Many gardens have decked areas for entertaining and stand garden seating and barbecues on it. Flowers can be planted in troughs or planters for additional colour. Built in wooden containers are another alternative which can make up part of decking, or construction of pergolas over the decking can be done so decking can be covered with climbing plants or wooden posts can have brackets and hanging baskets hung on them. Wood balustrades can surround decking laid in gardens, with various spindle designs on offer and built in gates of the same design can also be included. Different wood ranges and decking materials are also available, and tanalised timber can be chosen to prevent wood rotting, or stain can be applied.

Water feature construction in Durham

It can be effective to incorporate water into your garden, whether you want a garden pond to attract wildlife like frogs or to house fish, or to provide the sound of water with a fountain. There's a wide choice in types of water feature, from liners and containers that can be sunken, to slate or stone monoliths and ball fountains for cascading or trickling water. Seating areas and terraces work best with self contained water features, however stately gardens of period properties can encompass larger, more imposing water features like stone animals or figures spouting water surrounded by pools of water or concrete balustrades. New water features can be designed by Durham gardeners acting as centre pieces in gardens.

Durham wildlife gardens

Increasing popularity is being seen for wildlife gardening, with features that attract wildlife being incorporated more often. These can include plants that attract wildlife through natural food source provision, such as attracting bees and butterflies with flowers high in nectar, and winter food sources for birds in flower seed heads. Another key wildlife garden feature is a garden pond, giving amphibians like frogs a home and supplying the water needed by bees for honey making. Corners left to be wilder can be excellent additions, offering habitats that are natural for insects that are beneficial or field mice and hedgehogs. You can benefit from the natural pest control with encouragement of ladybirds and lacewings.

Gardens Durham: Choosing types of gardens

• Lawned gardens
• Child friendly garden
• Paved yard
• Country garden
• Pet friendly garden
• Wildlife garden
• Low maintenance garden
• Vegetable garden
• Water garden
• Rock gardens with alpines