Sam McGowan, Scottish garden designer

All designers rely on the skills of landscape contractors to implement their ideas. A good contractor is essential for reasons that should be apparent from the small selection of building techniques illustrated below. In addition to hard landscape, contractors are required to carry out a variety of horticultural and arboricultural tasks. Often, several contractors can be employed on one project, requiring the designer to have a high degree of project management skills.

Selection of hard landscape tasks

Entrances & driveways                              Drainage & earthworks

Building in brick                                       Building with precast concrete & stone

Building with timber

Constructing vehicle surfaces                     And pedestrian surfaces

And finally.........

Coping with the weather

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Last modified: 3 April 2008

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