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What brick did you use for the garden wall?

6 years ago

Beautiful garden by the way!

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Karen Rogers at KR Garden Design
6 years ago
London stock brick. Hope that helps!
clarence100
6 years ago
This is so beautiful! Are you able to tell me the size of this courtyard please? Ours looks a similar size and I've had something like this in mind but this looks so much better than in my imagination. Many thanks!
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Karen Rogers at KR Garden Design
5 years ago
Approx 80 square metres although the plot wasn’t exactly square. I hope that helps.

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