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The Best In Swim-Pond Design

The Best In Swim-Pond Design

Immerse yourself into a beautiful world of dragonflies, damselflies and natural aquatic plants. Pond by Nature, SwimPond by Design The crisp refreshing water, free of chemicals cleanses the soul and the body. SwimPonds allow us to create ecosystems and let them flourish, whilst enjoying a leisurely swim. What is a SwimPond? SwimPonds avoid the chlorinated water and allow designers to move away from the industrial design of a swimming pool. Instead, the water is cleaned by a completely natural system….

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The Hide Garden, showing a stream and water feature flowing through pebbles and cobbles.
Top 3 RHS Malvern Spring Show Gardens

Top 3 RHS Malvern Spring Show Gardens

Spring is upon us and so are the many beautiful and exciting flower shows, so we thought why not show you our top 3 RHS Malvern Spring Show Gardens! Stone Warehouse products are being donated to show gardens across the country. Most recently we have delivered our premium aggregates to 3 prize winning gardens at RHS Malvern Spring Show. RHS Malvern is set in the backdrop of the Malvern Hills and welcomed thousands of visitors including famous presenters, garden designers,…

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The Sea Garden as a whole taken from in front of it at BBC Gardeners' World Live.
BBC Gardeners’ World – APL Avenue

BBC Gardeners’ World – APL Avenue

Julianne from Chasing Arcadia Design approached us on Instagram. She asked us to support the garden she had designed for BBC Gardeners’ World Live. The Sea Garden The garden was part of the APL Avenue and called the Sea Garden. This avenue featured four incredible gardens that were all designed and built by members of the Association of Professional Landscapers. The theme for the gardens was A very British Affair. Each garden was created to a typical back garden size….

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Flower Show garden at RHS Tatton Park Flower Show with a wooden bench and pink flowers surrounding it.
RHS Tatton Park Flower Show 2021

RHS Tatton Park Flower Show 2021

We were lucky enough to visit the RHS Tatton Park Flower Show 2021 on a day with beautiful sunshine. It was incredibly hot but that was certainly preferential to rain! After a year off we felt the show had come back bolder and brighter than ever before. The themes of love and colour were abundant in the show gardens. Young Designer Gardens This year five finalists were tasked to design a thought-provoking garden which highlights issues of sustainability and mental…

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Sketch of the Dreamscape Garden at Tatton Park Flower show 2021
RHS Tatton – Young Designer of The Year 2021

RHS Tatton – Young Designer of The Year 2021

The RHS Tatton Park Flower Show 2021 is going ahead as planned! We are very excited to be involved this year. The show runs from the 21st to the 25th of July and we are especially looking forward to the RHS Young Designer of the Year 2021 Competition as we are supporting two of the finalists. In its twelfth year, the competition gives ambitious garden designers under the age of 28 a chance to kick-start their careers. Each year the…

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Bench and Cotswold chippings in the Springwatch garden. Also features green wild planting..
Wonderful wildlife garden at Hampton Court

Wonderful wildlife garden at Hampton Court

This stunning wildlife garden was called the BBC Springwatch Garden. It featured at RHS Hampton Court Flower Show 2019 was designed by award winning garden designer Jo Thompson alongside wildlife writer Kate Bradbury. It was chock full of ideas on how people can make their gardens more wildlife friendly. The 3 Gardens Created as a feature garden for the show, it highlights the issue of the decline in the UK’s wildlife. There are 3 separate gardens depicted within it, all…

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Pink flowers in front of the house at Chatsworth
Inspiration from Chatsworth Flower Show

Inspiration from Chatsworth Flower Show

Chatsworth Flower Show is right on our doorstep and we have enjoyed visiting it since it started 3 years ago. Unsurprisingly Chatsworth Flower Show 2019 was no exception. The show gardens were very impressive, and it delighted us to see most of them using decorative aggregates within the design. Our blog will guide you through our favourite gardens and the products that were featured within them. The Wedgwood Garden We donated our Goldpath self-binding gravel to the Gold medal winning…

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Information plinth with gold medal on in front of The Montessori garden at Chelsea with colourful flowers in the back ground.
Going for Gold

Going for Gold

If you are looking to transform your garden with our products and want to take inspiration from a Gold Medal winning show garden then read on. All these gardens were really going for gold! This summer has seen many of our products used in gardens that have received gold at the UK’s top Flower Shows. Our blog will guide you through how these gardens used decorative aggregates to fantastic effect! Harrogate Flower Show Harrogate Flower show ran from the 25th…

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The Manchester Garden at RHS Chelsea with lots of greenery, grey paving and a white woven sculpture.
The Manchester Garden

The Manchester Garden

We take a look at The Manchester Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019. Designed by Exterior Architecture it honours the great city’s past, present and future. As Manchester was at the heart of the industrial revolution it developed very quickly which left very little green space. The garden was created to illustrate their desire to be at the forefront of urban planting. It also celebrates the ethos of green spaces such as Angel Meadows. There were 10 trees in…

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City Escapes garden designed by Lucy Belsey at the Royal Norfolk Show
City Escapes Garden wins three awards at Royal Norfolk Show

City Escapes Garden wins three awards at Royal Norfolk Show

In June 2019 we supported Lucy Belsey in her City Escapes garden at the Royal Norfolk Show. We were pleased to donate Silver Grey Pebbles and Cobbles to the project which was awarded an incredible Gold Medal, Best in Show and the Visitor Vote. We love hearing about the process that landscape designers go through to create such beautiful spaces so we asked Lucy some questions about her City Escapes garden. What were the key elements of the City Escapes…

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