Garden improvements
Work has started today on replacing and extending our slate crazy paving paths and patio area. The paving on the paths has required an increasing amount of maintenance during the last couple of years, so we had been thinking about replacing it.
Earlier this summer we went to the Garden Festival at Holker Hall, where we came across a demonstration garden laid out by Sharp Paving Ltd. of Kendal, and after having a chat with one of the business partners decided to look at what they could offer.
A short while later Nick from Shap Paving came over to Thornthwaite to discuss the possibilities with us. After much discussion we settled on a rough plan to replace and increase the paved area in the garden, to move/rebuild a retaining wall, to rebuild the steps on the path and to create an ornamental pond in a corner of the garden. Christine wants the pond to be a memorial to her mother who passed away last December.
We have been informed that the work should take about 2 weeks to complete.
So this morning before 9am work started on ripping up the existing paving, moving and removing plants etc. We also decided on the type of paving to be used. It is to be “green” sandstone, which comes from India(!) but has the warm natural colours that we would like to see here - much better the the old grey slate that is being replaced.