David Domoney: Choosing the right paving and the best landscaper for your paving project
1 September 2024
Choosing the right paving AND the best Landscaper
To truly appreciate the beauty of your landscaped garden, a thoughtfully designed and meticulously constructed 'hardscape' area is essential.
This should feature beautifully designed walls, elegant paving, and a stunning patio area that seamlessly blends with the natural beauty of your garden. Achieving this vision requires selecting a landscaper (Installer) who is not only skilled, but also someone you can trust, to transform your outdoor space into your dream garden. In this blog, I will delve into the details of creating a flawless garden patio, using in this case study Pavestone Dolomite Porcelain paving, and offer tips on how to choose a top-notch landscaper who can bring your vision to life.
Paving for spaces of any size
Maximise the potential of both small and large garden spaces by choosing a paving option that enhances and illuminates your space. With Pavestone’s Dolomite Porcelain paving, in the shade of French Limestone, you can create a garden that captures the rustic charm and character of the Loire Valley. In the smaller patio areas, the light hue of this paving invites natural light, creating an open, airy feel that makes the space appear larger and more welcoming. It’s the perfect setting to enjoy a refreshing glass of wine on a warm evening while soaking up the late summer sun.
Your European vista
Larger spaces can achieve a transformative effect with this paving, capturing the ambiance of a sun-drenched European landscape. Surrounded by low walls and raised beds, brimming with vibrant blooms and lush, leafy plants, it creates an inviting, open area that seamlessly connects with your home. Masterfully designed steps gently guide you, effortlessly, down to the lawn, enhancing the sense of continuity and flow between the patio and your garden.
Attention to Detail
With steps of such grandeur, the subtle addition of chamfered edges add a touch of class to this centre piece stairway. Pavestone’s bespoke profiling service offers five different edge profiles, all of which will make your project stand out from the crowd. It’s attention to detail like this, that shows that it’s been installed by a Pavestone Preferred Installer!
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Create contrast with planting
Including raised beds in the garden, in both the smaller patio area and the larger, adds a wonderful colour contrast to the lighter neutral shades of the house, paving, and walling. Planted up with warm-toned blooms for summer, like the rust shade of Echinacea purpurea (Coneflower) and sparks of red in the Photinia x fraseri ‘Red Robin’, for a wonderful spring display.
Contrast the creamy shades of the paving with pops of purple too, with proud Agapanthus blooms becoming a distinct feature against the buttery shade of the raised bed’s walls. These subtle sparks of colour emerging from a sea of verdant foliage help the garden to look full, luscious, and inviting. And towering white Dahlia in patio containers can break up the space and fill a corner like in this garden wonderfully, softening sharp corners and adding more depth.
Finding the perfect landscaper
Having your paving professionally installed is essential for creating a stunning, durable, patio that reflects your dream design. Choosing the right landscaper guarantees not only that your ideas are expertly realised, but also that your patio will withstand the elements and remain looking beautiful for years to come. Invest in skilled craftsmanship to ensure you enjoy a flawless outdoor space that truly enhances your home.
So how can you be assured that the landscaper you hire is suitable?
One way is to check whether they are a certified member of an association such as the British Association of Landscape Industries (BALI), or the Association of Professional Landscapers (APL), for example. These associations accredit landscapers as members in directories, making it much easier to know whether the company you’re hiring can be relied on to do the job to the highest standard.
Another way is to seek reviews from previous customers. Most reputable landscapers will have testimonials from previous clients on their websites, if not maybe they have Trust Pilot reviews. If they have neither, then ask your landscaper for some references. A good landscaper will always be happy to provide you with examples of their work and points of contacts for references. Do your research, it will pay dividends.
If you're still not sure, or have doubts, then take a look at the Pavestone Preferred Installers register on the Pavestone website. Simply type in your home town or Post Code to find Installers near you that Pavestone can vouch for and have vetted their work for quality of workmanship and technical correctness.
Tropical Landscaping
Jon Layton, Group CEO of Pavestone:
The landscapers behind this case study garden are Tropical Landscaping Ltd. As preferred Pavestone installers they can be relied upon, to not only to realise your stunning garden landscaping project, using Pavestone landscaping and building materials, but also that it will be constructed to the right specification, ensuring many years of trouble free enjoyment.
Tropical Landscaping have been able to effortlessly create these warming spaces in this garden, both in the larger open spaces, and smaller, more enclosed spots. This is a remarkable demonstration of how our products can transform a space, bringing to life elegantly finished beautiful garden designs that captivate and inspire.
We have hundreds of stunning videos, depicting beautifully landscaped gardens, which have used Pavestone landscaping and building materials to realise homeowners 'dream gardens'. Set yourself some time to explore these videos and maybe make some plans for your garden makeover?
David Domoney, TV gardener, horticultural expert and Pavestone brand ambassador blogs monthly on the Pavestone website on all things landscaping related. We look forward to seeing you back again next month.
