Garden Design Questions

mickeycav · 03-02-2011 1:04pm #1

Hi Guys

We have a flat sandstone patio at the back of the house. 2 q's:

(1) How easy to get raised (sandstone) beds (for trees/shrubs/flowers) built on top of the existing patio?
(2) Due to the patio being very exposed (end of terrace house so seem to get wind tunnel effect from all sides) it's not ideal for enjoying the garden at most times of the year. The idea I have would be to get wooden beams erected on both sides, coupled with windbreak netting, behind the raised beds. Would this work and if so how high could these go? spacing?

Any thoughts/suggestions much appreciated.

Thanks
Mickey

redser7 · 03-02-2011 2:42pm

Why not a natural screen? Like hedging or trees. You could erect panels or trellis. Even bare trellis would break up the wind. You could grow flowering climbers/vines through the trellis. I imagine netting would look ugly and eventually get ripped in the wind.

mickeycav · 03-02-2011 3:19pm

hi Redser, good idea, i was thinking of overlaying the netting with trellis to make it look good, i can't describe how blooming windy it gets though!

mickeycav · 03-02-2011 3:44pm

Looking at the garden pics thread, this is pretty much exactlty what I'm after

Drystone Raised Planting Bed
An attaractive Raised Bed/Planter with Drystone finish, features double wall construction: Donegal Quartz (Outer leaf) and 4" Concrete Solid Blocks (Inner leaf). The wall capping is Sandstone (mint).

The plants include Himalayan Birch (tree), Libertia Gold Leaf, Stipa Gigantica and Euonymus Blondii.
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Antiquo · 03-02-2011 6:37pm

Re - building ontop of existing patio you would ideally need to put foundation in for the low wall and not build on top, i.e. completely remove the section of patio down to soil where the bed is going also the plants in the raised bed would be better off.

Re - wind break - yeh D22 especially on a day like today is going to be rough as when the wind blows. You would need an extremely strong fence post prefereably concrete in concrete and 50% solid inter panels (if you go fully solid the wind will whirlpool around and cause more issues). Rule of thumb is the height of the windbreak protects the ground for approx five times this distance, e.g. 6'/1.8m high fence protects approx 30'/9m along the ground.

Quite a few cowboys around doing landscape gardening so word of mouth, check on previous work and up front costs is essential.

Sonnenblumen · 03-02-2011 9:22pm

mickeycav wrote: »

Looking at the garden pics thread, this is pretty much exactlty what I'm after

Drystone Raised Planting Bed
An attaractive Raised Bed/Planter with Drystone finish, features double wall construction: Donegal Quartz (Outer leaf) and 4" Concrete Solid Blocks (Inner leaf). The wall capping is Sandstone (mint).

The plants include Himalayan Birch (tree), Libertia Gold Leaf, Stipa Gigantica and Euonymus Blondii.
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mickeycav

those photos are examples of our landscaping work, more details may be seen on our website. If you look at our blog section, you will more specific details on a range of Raised Beds built using natural stone.

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