Many builders overlook the outside space but if planned at an early stage and done properly, the garden can become another “room” for you to enjoy.

Landscape design should be fun and is a chance for you to use your imagination.
There are several ways that we can help…

Build Center branches offer an excellent choice of landscaping materials in addition to timber and general building materials.

The 2009 landscaping season sees existing Build Center branches in Horsham and Highgate launched as specialist Landscape Centers before Easter 2009, bringing the total of these to 21 branches nationwide.

Landscape Centers have displays of garden paving; fencing, trellis, decking and timber; natural stone paving, walling and decorative aggregates; sheds, pergolas and arbours; and other garden landscaping materials.They also stock an extended range of products and materials from leading manufacturers, including Marshalls driveway and patio products, FinnForest decking and cabins and Britannia fencing and garden structures. Build Center also offers a landscaping range from around 200 branches across the UK.

The Landscape Center staff have an excellent knowledge of landscaping materials and will be happy to answer any queries that you may have.  For more information please visit the Landscape Centers website and find out about creating your own great british landscape.

If you would like more structured help designing your garden we also offer a range of design services. Working together with landscapers we can bring your garden project to life.

Once you have the perfect garden, Brandon Hire has a range of tools that can help you maintain it. Visit the website to look at hiring leaf blowers, bush cutters, lawn aerators, and rotovators.

The Driveway

They say first impressions count and the driveway is the first thing people will see when they visit your home. Build Center and Landscape Center offer a wide range of natural stone block paving options. The range of colours and sizes means they can be laid in a variety of patterns to suit your requirements.

If you’re security conscious we can also provide metal gates, railings and fencing and more sophisticated electric gates and security lights.

Please remember….

From 1st October 2008 you will need planning permission to lay traditional impermeable driveways that allow uncontrolled runoff of rainwater from front gardens onto roads, because this can contribute to flooding and pollution of watercourses.

However, if a new driveway or parking area is constructed using permeable surfaces such as permeable concrete block paving, porous asphalt or gravel, or if the water is otherwise able to soak into the ground you will not require planning permission. The new rules will also apply where existing hardstandings are being replaced. Build Center's guide to SuDS legislation - the solutions.