The Walled Garden, East Devon, January 2019

The Walled Garden, East Devon, January 2019

The Walled Garden, East Devon, January 2019

Mr and Mrs Dutt have built a high tech energy efficient house in East Devon with a very modern look. The location however is in the heart of a charming Victorian walled garden and the planning requirements of both house and garden were very strict. In fact those requirements included creating a digital record of the build, accessible to the public, which gives a wonderful photographic insight into the journey.

www.thewalledgardendevon.uk

The build took place between October 2017 and December 2018 and they laid the first area of turf in February 2019. This area is slightly separate from the garden which wraps around the house and so could be completed earlier, being away from the house construction work.

The rest of the garden includes several lawned areas of different natures. In the front is a beautifully symmetrical lawn echoing the formal structure of the old walled garden. To the rear are more sloping and fluid areas of grass, dotted with specimen trees and rolling down to a ha-ha giving a stunning vista across the Devon countryside beyond.

The couple had introduced many plants and trees into the garden, including some propagated from plants at their previous home nearby, to implement Mrs Dutt’s landscape design plan which was set out in great detail for the planning application.

Owing to the irregular shapes of the areas and the ongoing work and development, the ground preparation, planting and turf laying was done bit by bit, starting at the front and working anti-clockwise around the house.

Working with their landscaper, Jason Roberts of Roberts Landscape & Gardening, the Dutt’s ordered topsoil and turf for each area in turn, completing it before moving round to the next area. By following the flow of the garden each completed area could be allowed to bed in without disturbance for the most effective results. 

The end result is really superb. Jason’s turf laying is immaculate and the garden will go from strength to strength as the plants mature.

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Meeth, Devon, June 2015

Meeth, Devon, June 2015

Meeth, Devon, June 2015

Angus Howie contacted us for a substantial lawn to be laid at his new farmhouse. He came to meet us and visit our fields, and we put him in touch with Peter Hares of Hares Landscaping who we work with frequently. Peter visited the site and advised that extra topsoil was needed for the grass to thrive, which on this occasion the customer arranged. He also assessed access to the property for delivering and unloading the turf so we knew that we wouldn’t have any problems when our lorry arrived.

‘The project was completed to a high standard and I’m delighted with the end result. It rained for 4 days after the lawn was laid, which was a tremendous help for all concerned. You all did what you said you would.’

Angus Howie, Homeowner

The imported top soil was machine finished with a digger and then Peter continued the preparation. This involved rotivating, stone raking and removing any stone and debris. Then he graded and levelled it. For the 2000 square metre garden it took 4 days of preparation and 4 days of laying for 2 people. Once completed Peter advised the customer on essential watering during the warm summer months, and the need for weed and feed treatment each autumn and spring.

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Cathedral Green, Exeter, March 2015

Cathedral Green, Exeter, March 2015

Cathedral Green, Exeter, March 2015

March 2015 saw us returf Cathedral Green for the third time following the annual Christmas Market. The Cathedral was keen to employ local businesses and had selected County Grounds Maintenance in 2014 and again this year, with turf supplied by us.

David Burdick of CGM inspected the 3000 square metre site with our Vernon Hockley and then produced risk assessments and method statements to take account of members of the public using the space and employees operating equipment safely. The job was broken down into how each operation would be done safely with banksmen in place to monitor. Machinery was used before 9am and then kept in cages while only turf laying was performed during the day to make for the safest environment. In this way all of the paths across the Green remained in full use during the work.

We delivered early each morning before the Exeter rush hour and used the system of planks arranged by CGM to cross the space with our forklift and place pallets of turf at specified intervals ready for laying. After CGM had finished laying all the turf, in both 2014 and 2015 there was a spell of dry weather and they were able to advise the Cathedral on watering. The area was taped for 3 weeks to enable the turf to “take” and then opened to the public. It had been crucial for the process to be successful as it had to be ready for events scheduled outside the Cathedral in June.

The only unforeseen difficulty with the job was that the great population of city centre seagulls wanted to lift up a few corners of the newly laid rolls to see if some tasty worms were sheltering underneath. And then didn’t have the good manners to replace them. But the grass roots grow quickly at that time of year so it wasn’t too serious

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