Please help with landscape design of a low maintenance triangular garden. Advice required
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Hello I have a really odd shaped garden at the rear/side and have a paved driveway that still has areas where grass is still growing and would like to replace it with gravel or artificial grass.
For the odd shaped garden, I have included a sketch mock ups of
where I would like to put furniture (the area in grey is the rear/side
garden area). I am after very low maintenance garden and front drive (I
despise mowing the lawn as it is a pain due to the very large area that
the grass is covered with). I am not a big gardener. I just like a
space where that has basic, nice enough views while still being a place
where I can relax and entertain guests in especially when the weather is
nice.
I had a couple of landscapers come around to have a look and
provided me a quote of £7000 for all the work, to have the full
rear/side garden installed with Indian sandstone, and the patches of
grass replaced with gravel (the reason for me intending to do this is,
so I no longer have to mow the lawn). I would like to get the costs
lowered. Would it be sensible for me to have the entire rear garden in
sandstone? And the patches of grass (Shown in Green) replaced with
gravel? Or Artificial grass?
I hope to read your valuable suggestions and ideas for the landscape design
. Many thanks in advance.
Posts
In the back/side, yes, I would have the whole laid to paving but not using Indian Sandstone which comes with ethical issues and is quite expensive. There are good, affordable paving slabs in builders merchants, B & Q or Wickes so go and have a look at what you like and the probable cost - they could probably work it out for you. You could go for a circle of paving where the garden narrows down to a point, which again would look more interesting.
I expect other posters will have some more ideas.