As another busy summer season for landscapers and garden designers draws to a close, the days shorten and our gardens lose much of their vibrant summer colour. Most people understandably begin to turn a blind eye to what’s outside the window at this time of year. Continue reading “In the Bleak Midwinter or the Season of Preparation?”
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Dry Stone Walling in Brighton – Part 2
By Ben Biggs, Arbworx Landscape Technician and Designer
Welcome back to part two. It’s been big push completing the dry stone wall project and with many other key builds that needed to be finished before summer left us you could say we’ve been just a little bit busy! Continue reading “Dry Stone Walling in Brighton – Part 2”
Decking, West Sussex
To date the biggest and best project structure I have worked on was completed just over a week ago.
Set in the Findon Valley in West Sussex, overlooking the valley itself and the Downs beyond Continue reading “Decking, West Sussex”
Dry Stone Walling in Brighton – Part 1
By Ben Biggs, Arbworx Landscape Technician and Designer
Over the past few weeks Arbworx has been busy with a big garden project. One of the main features is a 22 metre dry stone wall built from natural York stone, around 9 tonnes of the stuff! The wall runs alongside a newly widened driveway, which will be resurfaced with tar and chip once complete. Continue reading “Dry Stone Walling in Brighton – Part 1”
Balau hardwood deck
We were recently commissioned to build a deck over an old tired patio that had really passed its sell by date. When we arrived the client gave us the history of the garden and said that as it had such a slope and ‘twist’ to it they had not been able Continue reading “Balau hardwood deck”
Gavin Hunter joins Arbworx as a Pond Specialist
Hi all,
I’d like to introduce you to Mr Gavin Hunter.
Gavin recently joined the company after successfully completing a Bsc. in Aquaculture (with honours) at the prestigious Sparsholt College in Hampshire. Gavin is passionate about all things Continue reading “Gavin Hunter joins Arbworx as a Pond Specialist”
Garden Office
Well the construction of the garden office is back underway after we had to take a break to keep up with demand for garden projects this month. We managed to Continue reading “Garden Office”
A Beginning in Professional Landscaping and Garden Design
Ok, so first just a little introduction to me, here at Arbworx. My name is Richard Hobbs, I’m 24 years old and hail from a not-so-well-known town somewhere in the Midlands, called Burton-on-Trent. Continue reading “A Beginning in Professional Landscaping and Garden Design”
Viking Sea Serpent Pt2
We have pretty much finished the Viking Sea Serpent as you can see from the pictures.
The school were great about the additions for length and height and the treatment for the timber preservative. I actually preferred it when it was just the raw timber but it needs to last and without any form of treatment the wood will have rotted within a few years. The problem is that the planters will be holding wet soil and the constant timber contact would have been bad for the structure.
We installed the additional sections on Friday and then we had to mount all the finishing details. It was great to see the kids’ faces at break time as each of them had very intrigued looks about them. “what is it? what you doing?” were the cries coming from behind the barriers. It was all good feedback for us as we put it together.
All that is left to do is fill the planters with soil and then plant out the beds.
That we will leave to the children to do!
Recycled timber planter play structure
With the recent good weather we have been having we managed to get a good start on the planters for the school. The brief was to use only recycled timber in the construction so we went to the Wood Recycling Project in Brighton and managed to secure some interesting pieces of wood that could be used. Continue reading “Recycled timber planter play structure”