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Patchwork Patio design

Hi Chris, I thought about what you said on coming to sit on your patio to get a feel of it. I had this Patchwork Patio idea in my head but did not actually know what it was going to look like. I did my research on the tiles and pebble prices and found everything at Cape Garden Centre. The prices were the best by far and got everything – I mean everything – under R900.00. I even got all the tiles and stones and plants in my Fiat Uno. I was worried about my suspension but she managed all the way home. But before the great trek to the Garden Centre, I marked out the area to see the actual layout and my clever hubby took a snapshot of it and designed it quickly for me in Photoshop!! This was the breakthrough I needed.

Check out this clever movie on the design layout of my Patchwork Patio ….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And here are the photo’s of the actual work done to get it looking like this. I am so pleased with it! It literally took me two days to do this from start to finish. I have also been lucky with the weather. My back area is really beginning to look like a real garden….. I hope you enjoy this as much as I have ….. What have you been doing in your garden?

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Patchwork Patio plan

Hi Chris, I am now planning phase 3 of Back Garden Project. I have two more patches to landscape, one being 2250mm x 2700mm next to the pool just beyond the new grass patch. Now, here I want to put a type of patio – similar to the one you have near your pool area with flagstones. I want to do something different that included sandstone pebbles and ground cover as well. So it will be a type of patchwork patio. I have tried to sketch it, as you can see, but this is not an accurate plan. I should have 5 blocks down and 6 blocks across (according to my measurements). The flagstone I want to use is a 450mm x 450mm size and it is a sandstone colour. I found this small nursery in Durbanville and the prices are cheaper there than my usual nursery. So I still want to do some more price hunting on the slabs.

As my sketch shows (but not clear) the ground cover in between the slabs and stones will be herbs like thyme, oregenum, penny royal, mint…….. so when you sit on the patio, you can smell and eat from the herbs at your feet!

I hope this will work out as planned xxxx