Patios For Every Budget
Your Garden is Another Room
Patios come in all shapes, sizes and materials allowing us to make the most out of our outdoor space and become the focal point in our gardens. The place we head to for relaxing, reading, entertaining, and al fresco dining.
Designing and building a patio for your garden space, it can be cost effective to hire a landscape designer who can create a design for your particular space and advise on the best materials to use. The choice and versatility of materials that can be utilised in the design of garden spaces has never been greater. From concrete, to timber, stone, tiles, pavers, bricks, gravel even composite products. The most popular material currently is porcelain tiles, it blends in very well with the natural environment, yet gives the garden a modern, contemporary look.
Get inspiration by browsing our selection of photographs to give you ideas for your outdoor entertaining areas.
Dream Patios
Patio Function
Is the patio for just chilling out and reading, a place to dine al fresco, a social spot for friends and family to gather? Define the function of the patio space and what you want to use it for. Then go on to add features to it.....
Water Feature
A small pond? A mill stone? The size of your patio and budget will dictate the size and type of water feature that you'd like.
Mix of Materials
What is the best choice of materials to enable your patio to function? Maybe a mix of materials that divide your garden spaces into different zones.
Lighting
Do you want to be continue to use your patio as the sun goes down? Add an ambience with mood lighting?
Garden Furniture
What type of garden furniture would you like? Dining table and chairs, outdoor sofas, loungers, in wood, cast iron? Will it sit comfortably or wobble? Will the legs of the chairs get stuck?
Fire Pit
Fire pits can add an atmosphere all their own to a patio. They come in different sizes and fuel options. Wood, gas, electricity....
Built in Seating
Some gardens don't have the space for larger pieces of garden furniture but that does not mean you can't have any. Built in furniture by the designer will solve that dilemma and still give you the relaxing social space you desire.
BBQ Area
Making room for your BBQ to enjoy chargrilled steak under the sun.
Outdoor Kitchen
Maybe you dream of taking your outdoor dining to the next level and giving yourself a dream outdoor kitchen.
Pergola
Sitting on the patio inhaling the sweet scent of jasmine that wraps around the pergola .....
Planting Zones
Maybe you would like a herb garden, or to have flowers that you can cut. Where is the best place to plant in relation to the patio and the sun?
Raised Flower Beds
Will you have raised beds, for easy maintenance, or as extra seating spaces?
Patio Materials
Porcelain Tiles
Porcelain Tiles
Porcelain Tiles
Porcelain is ideally suited to use outdoors as it is extremely strong, hard-wearing and won't crack in very cold weather. Alternative to stone paving slabs
Sandstone
Porcelain Tiles
Porcelain Tiles
Indian Sandstone is a stone with a kaleidoscope of colours and hues, which gives the paving stone a warm, natural, earthy, look that looks gorgeous when the sun shines or the rain glistens and deepens its colour and hues. .
Decking
Porcelain Tiles
Decking
Decking can be wood or composite. Composite comes in a range of colours.
Decking is not just for walking on but can be used to add a finish to raised beds giving an additional seating area around the deck or patio. Have you ever tried using decking up along the walls to give an added feature to your design?
Wood
Gravel
Decking
Many people like to have a sustainable garden, or terrace and incorporate up-cycled or recycled products in their patio spaces.
Gravel
Gravel
Gravel
Gravel areas in a garden are timeless. From a cottage garden look to exuding a contemporary modern feel gravel patios are a cost effective, easy to maintain, stylish option for relaxing garden areas
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