LANDSCAPING IN SEDGLEY
Sedgley gardens are often on a slope, and landscaping is how you make them usable. Retaining walls, steps, terraces and sleeper beds can turn a hillside garden into a series of level spaces.
We plan the levels and drainage first, then build. Free site visit, fixed written price.
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LANDSCAPING FOR SEDGLEY'S SLOPES
Terracing with sleepers or brick walls gives you flat areas for lawn, seating and planting, and stops soil washing down the garden.
Steps and paths need to be safe in all weathers, so we build them with even risers and grippy surfaces.
EXPOSED AND SLOPING GARDENS IN SEDGLEY
Sedgley sits on high ground, and gardens up near the Beacon, Upper Gornal and Woodsetton can be more exposed to the wind than those lower down. That matters for fencing. On an exposed boundary we use concrete posts set deep, gravel boards at the base and, where it suits, slatted or hit-and-miss panels that let some wind through rather than acting like a sail.
Steep gardens also shift soil. After heavy rain, a sloping lawn or bed can wash down onto the patio or against the back of the house. Retaining walls with drainage behind them, and a gravel strip or a channel at the bottom of the slope, keep the soil where it belongs and the water away from the house.
Around Cotwall End and Gospel End, larger gardens are common, and access for machines can be limited by the slope and narrow side paths. We work out which parts can be done with a small digger and which need doing by hand, and build that into the timeframe and the price so the job runs to plan.
HOW WE WORK ON LANDSCAPING JOBS IN SEDGLEY
- Clear the ground and sort out the levels and drainage.
- Build the walls, steps, paths and fencing first.
- Then turf, plant and edge the beds.
- Take every bit of waste away.
PLANNING A GARDEN PROJECT IN SEDGLEY
Garden fences up to two metres high usually do not need planning permission, or up to one metre where they run next to a road. If you are not sure about your garden, Dudley Council can confirm.
Most garden problems start with levels and drainage, so we look at those first. Clearing and taking away the waste from the work we do is part of the job.
On Sedgley's hillside plots we look first at where the water goes in heavy rain, because a new hard surface can change where it runs, and the house should never be at the bottom of it.
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