The next step in our garden build is to install the flagstone wall and the crazy-paving pathway.
The Liscannor flags and crazy-paving have been kindly supplied to the garden by www.liscannorflagstone.ie based in Rockmount, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare. This Irish fossil-enriched flagstone has an enduring quality to it and its colour perfectly suits the Irish light. Check-out the "wiggly-worm" pattern preserved on the suface!
It features in this garden in two important ways:
Firstly, it is being used to form a feature wall to the rear of the garden where large flags are laid vertically and overlapped to form a wall that shows off beautifully the texture created by the fossils.
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| Large flagstones being lifted in to position to form the feature wall to the rear of the garden |
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| Traditional field boundary construction using flagstone viaFlikr |
This is essentially the back-bone of the garden design and the method of construction also references a traditional Irish technique for forming field boundaries.
Secondly, the flagstone is being used to form a crazy-paving pathway through the garden. Although the use of this method of laying paving has fallen out of favour in recent years, we have revived the technique in the garden this year.
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| Crazy-paving being laid in the garden using Liscannor flagstone pieces |
The crazy-paving has been used as it fits in with two garden design themes at work in the garden: one the idea of placing contemporary and traditional finishes side by side in a garden space and two the fact that the garden design alludes to the theme of changing natural landscapes. Here the “crazy-paving” hints at fracturing and fissuring of the landscape. The colour of the jointing mortar for the crazy-paving has been selected to highlight the stone.
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| Flagstone with beige jointing mortar (still to be cleaned) |
Pictures of finished and cleaned paving later...
Looking great Tim, love how you are using the traditional flagstone walling in a modern way. Look forward to seeing in next week!
ReplyDeleteWhat jointing mortar was used to create this garden? I have found the below on the web but not sure.
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I did use Rompox as the jointing mortar. This is a ready to use jointing mortar that is avilable from most paving suppliers. Costs more than a traiditional sand-cement mortar but I find is easier to put down and is durable. I would like to know more about the eco-friendliness of the product though? Any comments?
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