If you were thinking of putting a new surface into your garden that wasn’t decking, cobble paving or the usual, this one may just be for you.
It’s done very simply mainly using cross sections of felled trees.
Like a patch work quilt of sorts, the in between bits are covered with a semi permeable plastic membrane – which can take a little time to get right.
When that’s done it is then infilled with pebble. Depending on the how the tree sections are cut it can be a little tricky to get the surface entirely level.
Conditions weren’t exactly right from a photography perspective when I was digging, but the photograph below will give you a better idea of how deep these stumps go. I personally found that because the soil was wet it also moved a heck of a lot easier.
There’s not much too it really after that. The final image [below] isn’t the greatest quality – but the first image above does look pretty darned good as an end result.







Very cool. Where is this and what are those palm-like plants in the background? Is this a show garden?
Thanks Alison,
the plants/ palms are Phoenix carienensis.
got emailed the pics just recently
was part of a show garden some years back…. way back when I didn’t know a 3.2mb image could cause someone’s computer to spontaneously combust
best
peter
Looks great Peter, so much so i’m thinking of doing in my back garden, is the wood treated?, or did you paint it after for the final picture?
Hi Shane ,
never treated nor painted. When I did it for real [only once] I lay it on a bed of hardcore and sand… and to be honest I personally feel/ felt the natural ageing added/ adds a bit more charachter to it
let me know how you get on
best
peter