A few months ago we went to the local Home & Garden Show, which was very informative in lots of ways. One in particular was the first stand in the main entrance, which was a landscape garden created by the local WeITec students (Wellington Institute of Technology). We got chatting to their tutor about their design work and creations. As we were both so impressed with their work, we have signed them up to re-design our garden as it needs a bit of TLC to impress new buyers.
This is a win win situation for all. We pay for materials, the students get hands on real experience during their course and at the end of the job we make a contribution to the students starter tool packs.
The first stage is to re-lay the pavers where the washing line is situated. The current pavers are sunken, the drainage is non existent and the corrugated panelling has holes in it. This took eight guys approximately two & half days to complete this week. We were really lucky with the weather too, they had gorgeous dry sunny days to work in. We are really impressed with the outcome and their hard work.
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| The three 'U's' : ugly, uneven & undulated |
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| Uneven paving |
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| pavers all removed, ready for the ground to be compacted |
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| new corrugated panelling installed, drain in place & pavers being laid |
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| The finished look - amazing transformation |
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| Now its a much nicer area to hang washing out, when the sun is shining! :-) |
I look forward to sharing stage two with you in the near future.
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