Hard landscaping ideas and practical guides covering patios, paving, paths, walls and garden structures from the Flourish Landscaping team.
We share what we have learned from building hard landscaping across Kingston, Surbiton, Richmond and the wider Surrey area. Advice on material choices, sub-bases, levels, drainage and the detailing decisions that separate a patio or path that lasts from one that fails, written by a team that builds this work week in, week out.
For project work, see our patios, paths and driveways service and our fencing and screening service. For gardens where levels, drainage or access make hard landscaping decisions trickier, our guide to awkward garden types is a useful starting point.
Garden paving Choosing paving that lasts: slabs, setts, colours and textures explained by designers and installers. Paving is one of the longest-lasting decisions you can make in a garden. Get the materials, construction and detail right and a patio will sit comfortably in place for two or three decades. Get any of them wrong and…
Outdoor cooking Turn your garden into a space for cooking, eating and entertaining. Outdoor kitchens have moved from holiday-home indulgence to genuine garden architecture, a properly designed cooking and entertaining space that lasts thirty winters, not three summers. At Flourish Landscaping we design and build outdoor kitchens for clients across Kingston, Surbiton, Esher and Coombe,…
Patio design How to design a patio that works for your home and garden. A patio is the most-used space in most British gardens, the surface that gets walked over a thousand times a year and judged every time. Get it right and it lifts the entire garden. Get it wrong, wrong material, wrong sub-base,…
Garden fencing Styles, costs, planning rules and the construction details that decide how long a fence really lasts. A garden fence does three jobs at once: defining the boundary, giving you privacy, and framing the garden visually. Get the style right and the fence becomes part of the design. Get it wrong and a good…
Garden paving trends The materials, finishes and layouts shaping patios, paths and driveways in 2026. Paving sets the tone of the whole garden. It is the most permanent decision you will make in a build, the most expensive square metre, and the one that ages most visibly when it is wrong. The good news is…
Victorian tiled path A classic path design that suits period homes beautifully. The Victorian tiled path is one of the defining architectural details of period housing across Kingston, Surbiton, Hampton and the wider south-west London suburbs. Properly restored or reinstated, it transforms the kerb appeal of a Victorian or Edwardian property in a way no…
Wooden pergolas Add structure, shade and style to your garden with a pergola. A well-designed wooden pergola is one of the most transformative additions you can make to a garden. The right pergola creates a defined outdoor room, provides shelter from sun and light rain, supports beautiful climbing plants, and turns an underused corner of…
Stylish and practical fencing solutions Eight contemporary fencing approaches that shape how a garden feels, how private it is, and how much you actually enjoy using it. Fencing is no longer a functional afterthought. Treated as a design element rather than a boundary fixer, it shapes how every other part of the garden reads. The…
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