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Garden designers we have worked with and can recommend:


Sunstone Garden Design and Landscapes - Glasgow based garden designer and landscaper
Telephone: 0141 576 7720
Mobile: 07880 5664673

Red Oxide - Award-winning contemporary Scottish garden design:
Web site: www.redoxide.co.uk
Telephone: 07980 746350

Jeremy Needham
Web site: www.jngardendesigns.co.uk
Email: jeremy.needham@btinternet.com
Telephone: 01560482790

Taurus Gardens - High quality gardening service throughout the Edinburgh and Lothians area of central Scotland
Web site: www.taurusgardening.co.uk

Christopher Palmer Associates, Landscape Architects
Address: Appletree House, The Ross, Comrie, Perthshire, PH6 2JU
Telephone: 01764 670177

Brown Earth Landscapes - Contemporary garden design
Web site: www.brownearthlandscapes.com
Telephone: 07989 582 110

Charlie Munro Landscapes - Landscape gardener
Telephone: 07852 186984

Stone suppliers:


Harvestone
Telephone: 01764 683778

Hillhouse Quarry Group - Mostly supplies road stone but also produces very durable whinstone that can be used for dyking
Web site: www.hillhousegroup.co.uk
Address: Hillhouse Quarry Group Ltd, Hillhouse Quarry, Troon, Ayrshire, KA10 7HX
Telephone: 01292 313 311

Denfind Stone - An excellent source of stone - particularly good for building ornamental or garden features
Web site: www.denfindstone.co.uk
Address: Denfind Farm, Monikie, Angus, DD5 3PZ
Telephone: 01382 370220

Border Aggregates
Address: Pinnaclehill Industrial Estate, Kelso, Roxburghshire TD5 8DW
Telephone: 01573 228009
Website: borderaggregates.com

Brick and Stone
Address: 1 Drovers Rd, East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn, EH52 5ND
Telephone: 01506 852555

Hutton Stone
Address: Hutton Stone Co Ltd, Masons & Stone Merchants, West Fishwick, Berwick-upon-Tweed, TD15 1XQ
Telephone: 01289 386056
Web site: www.huttonstone.co.uk

Other links


Rosco Gardening Services
Mobile: 07805 321690
Web site: Rosco Gardening Services.

Ogilvie Construction
Address: Ogilvie Construction Limited, Ogilvie House, Pirnhall Business Park, Stirling, FK7 8ES
Telephone: 01786 812 273
Web site: www.ogilvie.co.uk

The Drystone Walling Association of Great Britain - The Drystone Walling Association of Greation Britain is the national body responsible for the promotion of the craft. Their website is a great source of information about local groups, events, training courses, contacts for professionals and sources of stone.

Follow this link for further details on this site about the DSWA or go to their web site at www.dswa.org.uk

Dollar Community Council

Dollar Civic Trust and the Scottish Civic Trust

Free estimates and consultations

We provide free estimates and initial consultations for all walling and landscaping work. If you are interested in redesigning your garden using natural stone, please contact us.

 

Balvenie Masters of Craft Awards

I am very pleased to announce that I was one of three people short-listed in the stone category for the inaugural Balvenie/Sunday Telegraph craftsman of the year 2011.

 

This new award aims to celebrate heritage and hand-built crafts over seven materials categories including stone, wood and glass. The judging panel was TV presenter and author, Kevin McCloud, Chairman of the Heritage Crafts Association, Robin Wood, expert crafts photographer, Nick Hand, Editor of The Sunday Telegraph Life, Anne Cuthbertson and the whisky industry's longest standing Malt Master, David Stewart

 

Further details of the winners are on the Balvenie web site

 

Latest Projects

Detailed below are some of our latest drystone walls...

The Wonky Wall

Artistic free-standing wall.

Oatridge College

Free-standing wall.

Hillhouse Quarry, Troon

Ornamental dry stone gates and signs.

Dulloch Park, Dunfermline

Retaining wall and steps

Charterhall, Edinburgh

Retaining wall and steps

Murrayfield, Edinburgh

Stone steps and retaining walls

Dollar

Free-standing wall to replace privet hedge

Thornliebank

Low retaining wall with curves, lights and water feature.

Blackhall, Edinburgh

Dry stone raised bed.

Inverleith, Edinburgh

Dry stone seat and retaining wall.