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Land Army Design and Build - what do we do?

We deliver the full spectrum of garden design and build services for virtually all hard landscaping and soft landscaping requirements. This ranges from outline garden design plans, planting plans through to full garden design and build plans and execution.

Plants are key to what we do and our soft landscaping experience includes all types of gardens including Ornamental Kitchen Gardens, fabulous Garden Borders, all year round interest planting plans, Fruit Gardens, Wildflower Gardens, Country Gardens, Estate Gardens, Terraced Gardens, Low Maintenance Gardens, New Build Gardens, Town Gardens, Contemporary Gardens, Courtyard Gardens, Herb Gardens, Orchards

Hard landscaping provides the infrastructure for soft landscaping and here our experience includes Garden Walling, Garden Decking, Garden Fencing, Railway Sleepers, Garden Steps, Garden Paving, Concrete Paving, Natural Paving, Stone Patios, Brick Patios, Driveways

Water is an irresistible part of a garden. Water features can include small ponds, water features, water rills, formal ponds, pond design and build including water fountains through to natural swimming ponds.

Other Garden Features include Garden Offices, Garden Furniture, Garden Buildings, Garden Benches, Garden Planters, Garden Sculpture, Garden Sheds, Gazebo's, Pergolas, Raised Garden Beds, Fruit Cages, Garden Screening

We have designed and built over one hundred gardens in Suffolk and East Anglia including  - Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds, Woodbridge, Saxmundham, Beccles, Stowmarket, Sudbury,  Hadleigh,  Haverhill,  Southwold,  Aldeburgh,  Newmarket; and so have become very familiar with the landscape and soil types.  Suffolk is predominately a low lying and open area containing a diversity of landscapes which support intensive arable farming and horticulture, the region is the least hilly area of Britain, with little land too steep to be cultivated.

The geology, climate, relief and rainfall form the basis of the region’s high quality agricultural land which is capable of growing the widest range of agricultural and non-agricultural crops in the UK.  Suffolk and its surrounds comprise a general solid geology distribution of sandstone in the east, chalk and limestone in central areas and clay rocks in the south and west. Major aquifers are located within the sand, chalk and limestone permeable rocks. This groundwater is important for domestic, industrial and agricultural use and aquifers provide nearly half of the region’s total water supply.

Suffolk and East Anglia are influenced by their proximity to the continent. They experience warm summers and mild winters with a long growing season. The favourable temperatures exist due to the low relief so that the region is the driest part of the country with an average annual rainfall which is only two thirds of the national average (836mm).

To design and build gardens we also sometimes need the help of our friends



The Lilacs
Thurston Road, Great Barton
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP31 2PL
Tel 01359 231 344


Email: janehamblin@yahoo.co.uk

website:  www.landarmydesigns.co.uk

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