Recent Projects

Cumbernauld - retaining wall and steps

The client has a fairly typical garden in that it has a slight slope to it. They wanted to do more with the space than the current gravel covering that they have. They had a rough idea of creating a high-level slabbed area, with some sort of dry stone construction featuring somewhere in the equation. They wanted a curve and steps, and they liked the walling work in the garden in Ayr that we had worked on.

We settled on a retaining wall that would raise the level of the garden to the same height as the foot of the boudary fence (600mm), with a set of five steps that would be the main design feature and a curved section for added interest. The wall would run into the ground at one end, and finish at the fence at the other.

As of September 2008, the dry stone walling is complete, with the slabbing work still to begin at some point.

Waller - Jason Hoffman.

Stone - Denfind stone.

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