We’ve designed and built a display garden for Robert Eynon timberyard, building some unique garden features to show off the timber they sell. These wobbly hardwood posts make a wonderfully effective post and rail fence.

This hand-cut larch arch gives a good view of the curved cedar arch set against sleeper walls clad with Douglas fir.

 

This curved oak decking works well with larch half sleepers arranged as a windbreak fence.

This hand-carved, painted arch is an elegant contrast to the weathered elm sleepers forming a stepping stone path through the garden.

 

Quite a contrast to how it looked before we started!

If you’d like to see the garden for yourself, go to Robert Eynon timberyard in Beulah. Make sure you leave time to browse around the lovely timber they have for sale!

The ice has receded, the snow has melted and there have been a lot of casualties in the gardens of West Wales. Prolonged exposure to sub-zero temperatures has proved too much for many cultivated garden favourites, but the natives and wildflowers seem untouched. Primroses, snowdrops and daffodils are thriving. Just one more example of why it is wise to garden with nature, rather than against it….

 

Recent heavy rainfall has caused us a lot of problems with our current job – creating a lawn, seating area and fire-pit. Sliding around in the mud carrying blocks and stone is an alarming business, but the ground is too wet to bring any machines on. Happily, the Landworks team are indomitable, and work progresses regardless.

Establishing a firm, level base under the watchful eye of a dedicated collie.

The basic structure is now complete, and features air holes, a steel mesh, natural stone exterior and attractive capping stones. I’ll update you further when we’ve built the larch and gravel surrounds. Weather permitting….

Pointing the stones gives a smooth, organic finish to the fire-pit.