paving slabs in garden flower border

mwilliams172

3 years ago

Can you advise where you purchased those long rectangular stepping stones in the border please thank you.

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Tracey Parker Landscape Design Ltd
3 years ago
Hi there, they're Timberstone sleepers in 'Driftwood'. Widely available online or ask at your nearest builders merchant. Thanks very much, Tracey
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