Bespoke Water Feature Services in Norwood

Why Choose
Nick Landscapes

Norwood is one of the few parts of London where you can build a water feature that actually falls, and it seems a waste not to use that. There's history in it too, since the springs on this hill fed the old Beulah Spa and the Effra rose somewhere near here, so moving water has a longer association with Norwood than with almost anywhere else in the city. In practical terms, a garden dropping away from the house lets us design a cascade, a rill, or a stepped stream that runs under gravity down the slope, which looks and sounds better than a pump pushing water uphill into a basin on flat ground, and usually costs less to run. Where the plot is steeper still, the same gradient means a header pool at the top and a reservoir at the bottom can be built into the terracing you already need, so the water feature and the retaining work happen as one job rather than two. The clay under the ridge holds water well, which suits lined ponds, though it also means excavated spoil is heavy going and access has to be thought about before anyone starts digging. We design around your slope, your aspect and the shade from Norwood's mature trees, and price it in writing before a single stone is laid.