Hilltop gardens sorted, from levels and steps to finished patio.
Heanor sits on a hill, and its gardens know it. A lot of the plots we see here slope one way or another, which puts levels, steps and retaining work at the heart of most jobs, and it is exactly the kind of work we enjoy.
We cover the whole town, from the Victorian terraces around the market place out to the newer estates towards Loscoe and Marlpool, plus everywhere in between.
On a sloping plot the patio is only half the job. The other half is deciding where the level changes go: a retaining wall to hold the bank back, steps that connect the levels properly, and drainage that catches water on its way down rather than letting it wash across the paving.
We plan all of that before a slab goes down. It is the difference between a patio that feels like it was always meant to be there and one that fights the garden around it.
Our most recent Heanor job took an unused corner of a garden and turned it into a sunken curved porcelain patio, held by a radius retaining wall, with a new path, fresh turf, an outdoor TV point and a fire pit. The owners wanted somewhere to actually spend their evenings, and that is what they got.
It is featured below if you want to see how a difficult corner can become the best seat in the garden.
Alongside patios we build sleeper raised beds and retaining walls, lay premium artificial grass, handle brickwork from garden walls to pillars, and take on full garden makeovers from first sketch to final planting.
One team does the lot, so the levels, the walls and the paving are planned together instead of bolted on one after another.
Indian sandstone, porcelain, block paving and decking.
Complete transformations from design to delivery.
Premium artificial turf and natural lawn installation.
Raised beds, borders, steps and timber features.
Walls, raised planters, steps and feature brickwork.
We work throughout Heanor and the surrounding Derbyshire villages, including:
Anything else you want to know? Get in touch and we'll be happy to help.
Yes, sloping gardens are a big part of what we do in Heanor. Depending on the fall we will cut and retain the bank, build the patio over two levels with proper steps, or sink a seating area into the slope like the curved porcelain patio we built here recently. We look at the levels first and design around them.
No. Heanor is well inside our regular patch, so quotes are priced the same as anywhere else we work: an itemised, no-obligation price after we have seen the garden.
Yes, and on a sloping garden you really want them done together. We build sleeper and brick retaining walls, put the drainage behind them where it belongs, and tie the steps and paving into the same levels so the whole garden works as one.
Get in touch today for a free, no-obligation quote. We cover Derby, Derbyshire and surrounding areas.
