The following are some of the projects that we have completed in the past few months. Fuller details about each project, along with images are available by following the links below:
Blackhall, Edinburgh - dry stone raised bed
A different way to lay the stone...
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Kingseat, Fife - dry stone free standing wall and raised bed
Amazing what can be done with such rough stone!
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Willowbrae - small garden retaining walls
A small job to transform what was a fairly unfinished front garden. The completed retaining wall included a raised bed and a stone seat. We also replaced a decaying brick retaining wall that ran beside the driveway.
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South Queensferry - raised beds and free standing walls
Several raised beds were built to provide landscaping at the front of a large house near to South Queensferry. Further work included free-standing walls and patio work.
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Aberdeen - raised beds and free standing walls
Four sets of low raised beds were built to a design provided by a garden designer. Also a characterless breeze block wall at the front of the property was transformed using old granite.
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Haddington - retaining wall
A small garden job - 5 man days in total - changed a plain sloping garden into a fantastic landscaped area with a stone retaining wall and steps as the main feature of the design.
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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.
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
Detailed below are some of our latest drystone walls...