Plan Your Dream Garden Now!

Garden Design by Lime Orchard

Thinking about spending time in the garden may be the furthest thing from your mind as the warm Summer weather fades in to Autumn. But if you are hoping to make some improvements to your outdoor space you really need to start planning this side of Christmas if you want the project completed in time for Spring 2014.
Lime Orchard - an exciting local garden design and build service - is on hand to help you achieve your dream outdoor living zone.

We specialise in the creation of refreshingly stylish, beautifully crafted garden spaces!

 AUTUMN OFFER

FREE Plants worth £120

Design your Dream Garden with Lime Orchard this Autumn and receive free plants worth up to £120.00, once the construction* work has been completed

Simply commission a garden design with us before 31 OCTOBER 2013 quoting offer code LO13AUT

*Subject to a minimum spend of £3,000 inc VAT
Terms & Conditions Apply - Contact Lime Orchard for details

Lime Orchard's Services

As well as high quality Landscape Construction our services include:

Initial Consultation - FREE

Meet with an experienced designer in your home to formulate a brief and identify the specific needs in relation to your garden. We’ll discuss ideas and advise on how to deal with some of the issues that can impact on realising a plan.

Full Design Service – from £395.00
The next step is to create a fully detailed, scaled, coloured master plan. Our designers work with you to ensure every detail is considered and included. Every garden is different, so, we provide you with a bespoke proposal and costing specific to your project. Our starting price is indicative of a garden (or part of garden) that is up to 200m2 and free from significant complications.

Planting Plans – from £150.00
You may already have a hard landscaping scheme or could be looking to liven up a small corner. If so we can provide prices to develop a professional planting plan for an existing garden

Make the Most of Professional Garden Design

Before you meet with a designer to discuss your dream garden aspirations, you need to review the existing space and identify what you’d like to achieve from your outside living accommodation. Here are some useful pointers to get your thinking on track:

- Ahead of any plotting out of what goes where, make a note of where the sun falls when, so you can plan a dining area in dappled shade; a sun-bathing area in full sun and a children's play area somewhere cool and sheltered

- Think about privacy. Do you need to work in some tall planting or trellis somewhere so that neighbours can't see into your garden?

- Will you need to put in an outside tap for a hosepipe? Or, perhaps, if you have kids, a hot tap will be handy, too, for the (few) times it's warm enough to fill up the paddling pool in the summer

- Be realistic about what you can achieve in your garden if you have children and / or pets. There's little point in creating a splendid display of delicate flowers if you live in constant fear of it being destroyed by boisterous kids or a playful pet!

- Ponds are probably a no no if you have young children due to the obvious safety hazard they represent - with an average of five children under the age of six drowning in garden ponds in the UK each year, according to RoSPA. If you want water, you could instead consider a pebble pond or a water feature that has no water basin, thereby eliminating any risk to children

- What storage will you need now and in the future? You should allow space for not just garden tools, but probably DIY tools, too. Plus, garden furniture, children's toys and bikes

- Do you plan to do much entertaining in the garden? Think about easy access to the kitchen and a dedicated ‘eating’ zone These are just a sample of some of the questions you need to ask yourself, for more ideas, advice and inspiration visit

Plus Win an Inspirational Visit to Chelsea Flower Show 2014!

With ticket's selling out weeks before the first public day, the Chelsea Flower Show is one of THE hottest events in the gardening and social calendar! Make sure you get your tickets FREE - Courtesy of Lime Orchard!

Simply enter our prize draw here > http://www.limeorchard.co.uk/chelsea_flower_show.html

No purchase necessary

Why not speak to a member of the Lime Orchard design team to get a fresh new perspective on how to get the very best out of your outside room? 

Visit www.limeorchard.co.uk or call 0845 539 1467

Chelsea Flower Show 2013 Ticket Winner

The lucky winner of a pair of tickets to RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013 is:

Leslie T. from Bootle

The winner has been notified by
email and we look forward to seeing them there!

If you are not one of the lucky winners then please visit our website for details of how you can bring a little Chelsea Flower Show magic to your own back garden, courtesy of Lime Orchard.

Plus you can enter the draw to win tickets for Chelsea 2014 here:

http://www.limeorchard.co.uk/chelsea_flower_show.html 

Win Chelsea Flower Show 2013 Tickets

With ticket selling out weeks before the first open day, the Chelsea Flower Show is one on THE hottest events in the gardening and social calendar! Make sure you get your tickets FREE - courtesy of Lime Orchard garden design!

To enter* our Free Prize Draw all you simply compete the form at the link below. The first name out of the hat by the closing date will win a pair of tickets (worth at least £98) to Chelsea Flower Show  2013

For more information on this year's show, visit the RHS Web site click here >

Special Guided Tour

In addition to the free tickets, our winner will receive a unique guided tour of the Chelsea Flower Show by our very own RHS Medal Winning Designer, Ian Dexter! Ian will be able to give you a unique insight in to the work that goes on behind the scenes in creating the marvelous show gardens and his own critic of this year's entries.

Last year's prize draw winners, Steve and Alexandra had a fabulous day at the 2012 Chelsea Flower show, courtesy of Lime Orchard!

Steve commented “we enjoyed ourselves immensely (apart from the heat and the huge crowds). The exhibits gave us a few ideas but at the moment I am sticking to sunbathing as it is too hot to swing a spade”

Get ready for Chelsea 2013 - enter our prize draw to win tickets at our web site! http://www.limeorchard.co.uk/chelsea_flower_show.html

School Gardens Update

Do you want to develop your school gardens as a resource for students, staff and maybe the local community?

Lime Orchard is a garden design and construction company based in Nottinghamshire, who have become experts in helping schools to navigate through the system, to gain funding for designing and building great gardens and outdoor classrooms to enhance pupil learning.
We have worked with pre school, primary and secondary schools and have designed and built 100% funded, great gardens for them, see below for details of some of our school projects around the country

We are also running a schools garden design competition to win up to £2000 worth of garden design fees for your school, read on to find out how your pupils can enter .

"We have your plans up for parents to see what we have as our aspiration as money allows and they have been very enthusiastic in helping the children plant the trees. We were able to use the plan to help secure funding... "

From Richard Bonington School, Notts 

Celebrate The London 2012 Games and win a Garden Design worth £2000

Children are invited to submit their own design for a garden themed around the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games . Children can let their imagination run wild (pun intended!) or take inspiration from their own experiences of the 2012 Games!

The winning entry announced after the closing date of Tuesday 6 November will a receive professional garden design advice from the award-winning Lime Orchard team up to the value of £2000 for their nominated school, youth group or community project. Two runners-up will each received £100 in Gift Vouchers to spend on garden tools, plants or equipment. A presentation event will be announced in early 2013 with Irish Olympic Show Jumper - Billy Twomey presenting the awards.

Twomey commented

“It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity to have the Olympic Games in your own back yard! I’m really delighted to support Lime Orchard in getting local children involved!”

The competition is open to children that attend full-time school and can submit there design in their choice of medium up to a maximum size of A3 (for print) or PDF of no more than 10Mb file size (for electronic submission)
 

Download the Entry Form click here >

Are your Pupils Enjoying the Benefits of an Outdoor Classroom?

The award winning Lime Orchard garden design team would like to share with head teachers and school governors the undisputed educational, environmental and social benefits associated with having a wonderful school garden. As a business we've an established track record in the creation of inspirational, RoSPA approved, outdoor classrooms. But as you will be aware, alfresco learning is not just about the aesthetic appeal of an outside space .

An Example of our School Garden Projects

Primary School Notts	Awaiting image
Cost to Design	£700
Cost to Build	£12,000
Funding Received	100%
This project replaced existing hard-surface play area with bespoke creative water-play and sound play areas with a focus on natural materials Using natural stone to create shallow pools and waterfall for the children to play in, also encourages insect life in to the garden. A den, created from a dome of living willow makes a beautiful hide-out for games and shaded reading area for story time. Sculptures hanging with pots and pans and beaters are there to encourage children to explore sound.

Pre-School Rutland
Cost to Design	£1,100
Cost to Build	£29,000
Funding Received	£10,000.00
The design sets out to increase play, creativity and interaction within the space. Being a very flat ext. site the aim is to introduce exploration, stimulation and journey within the area. This is achieved by introducing height, mass, division, texture and bold visual elements. Curved screens with circular, step through openings create tantalising views through to new areas of play activity. A grass knoll brings much needed greenery into the space and the rest of the area divides into water play, a trike track, sand play, sound play & sensory planting.

Primary School North London
Cost to Design	£1,100.00
Cost to Build	£17,000.00
Funding Received	£10,000.00
The brief for this school was to create a sensory garden that utilised a variety of tactile materials. The centre-piece of which was a wild-life pond with controlled access points and protruding deck to allow investigation of the pond’s eco-system in a safe manner.

Secondary School West Midlands
Cost to Design	£2500.00
Cost to Build	£100,000.00
Funding Received	100% Funding by Diocese and fund raising events
The school had extensive areas featureless of Macadam surface that required renovation. Moving away from traditional ‘black top’, a light surface brightened the area. This became the basis to create a Continental café inspired socialising environment for teenage pupils. Timber uprights create a feeling of seclusion without removing line of sight and were used to deter footfall amongst robust planting.

How Can Your School Access This?

At Lime Orchard, we have a wealth of experience of working with schools (pre-schools, primary and secondary schools) to deliver exceptional outdoor learning spaces. Our award winning garden design team was involved in the creation of the 2008 RHS Chelsea Flower Show show garden "The Marshalls garden that kids really want", which was awarded an RHS Silver medal.

We are able to combine a deep understanding of the far-reaching educational benefits of a school garden with an appreciation of the aspirations of the children for whom the garden is being created. We can work with you to create a bespoke outstanding outdoor learning resource. Our service provides a complete solution, from initial design concept right through to a quality installation delivered by experienced local landscapers.

 

Refresh your garden with our Autumn Offers

Looking for inspirational ideas to transform your garden? Then Lime Orchard - an exciting local garden design and build service - is on hand to help you achieve your dream outdoor living zone. We specialise in the creation of refreshingly stylish, beautifully crafted garden spaces! As well as high quality Landscape Construction our services include:

Consultation Service - £150.00

Meet with an experienced designer in your home to formulate a brief and identify the specific needs in relation to your garden. We’ll discuss ideas and advise on how to deal with some of the issues that can impact on realising a plan. For some simple projects, this consultation may be enough for you to get started on building a garden yourself.

Full Design Service – from £395.00

The next step is to create a fully detailed, scaled, coloured master plan. Our designers work with you to ensure every detail is considered and included.  Every garden is different, so, we provide you with a bespoke proposal and costing specific to your project. Our starting price is indicative of a garden (or part of garden) that is up to 200m² and free from significant complications.

Planting Plans – from £150.00

You may already have a hard landscaping scheme or could be looking to liven up a small corner. If so we can provide prices to develop a professional planting plan for an existing garden

 

AUTUMN OFFERS
FREE  GARDEN DESIGN CONSULTATION

Book a free, no obligation visit from a Lime Orchard Professional to discuss your garden project and provide a detailed, competitive cost proposal – normal price £150.00

WIN 10 FREE SHRUBS

Simply arrange a consultation visit from Lime Orchard before the Closing Date and you will be entered in to a prize draw* to win 10 high quality shrubs to plant out this Autumn. Our experts will select the shrubs appropriate for the winner’s garden conditions.

*No Purchase Necessary. Terms & Conditions Apply, available on request

Offer ends 31 OCTOBER 2012

Call us quoting offer FREE VISIT today

www.limeorchard.co.uk

0845 539 1467 

Taking the Credit

Lime Orchard is now able to offer its customers the extra flexibility of being able to pay by credit card.

Currently quite an unusual step for a landscape construction business, accepting payment by credit card is something being requested by more consumers, who are used to paying for other major home improvements by card or via finance.

Commenting on the move, Managing Director Judy Behl explained:

“An increasing number of customers have asked for the facility to pay by credit card. Whilst we predict that only a tiny number will wish to finance an entire landscaping project with their card, which can run to £10,000’s, we are aware that consumers prefer the extra assurance they feel card payments offer them on major purchases, and some have indicated that they wish to maximise the rewards card providers offer them or use the card for short-term borrowing whilst they access funds from savings or investments ”.

During an initial period a fee will be payable on all transactions made by credit card to Lime Orchard. Behl added “As we cannot yet demonstrate demand for the service, our banking provider will levy a 3.5% charge on each transaction, which is comparable for the sector. We feel it is most transparent to pass this directly to customers wanting to use the card payment service. However, once usage patterns are established, we can renegotiate fees and reduce or remove fees in the future.”

For more information simply contact us!



Call us on 0845 539 1467 or visit www.limeorchard.co.uk

Rain Doesn't stop play

"Don’t let this year’s wet summer put you off al fresco entertaining" , says Pattie Barron, writing for The Telegraph

"Our summers are predicted to get warmer and wetter, so how do you create a more flexible outdoor space that you can enjoy whatever the weather, without resorting to bubble wrapping the balcony – yes, I know someone who has done just that – or covering over the entire garden? Plants don’t mind getting wet but people do, so consider making your patio or terrace weatherproof – or creating a designated space in the garden for dining and entertaining. "

" If you’re more likely to have friends around in the early evening, choose a spot where you can enjoy the late-day rays, but allow for an adequate platform so that guests don’t pull back their dining chairs and fall into a flower bed. Raised beds to define the space are a good wheeze because they surround the area with plants, making it feel enclosed. They can double as seating, too, making extra perch places if you’re throwing a party.

Flooring that doesn't get slippery or disintegrate through excesses of rain is essential. Wet slate looks as lovely as raindrops on roses, but is treacherous underfoot. Ridged softwood decking is supposed to be slip-proof, but in wet conditions becomes banana-skin lethal. "

Read the full article here >

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