The new Health and Wellbeing Garden at RHS Malvern It was a great pleasure for us at WoodBlocX to recently work with the wonderfully talented Jekka McVicar on another garden project. This time the focus was on Health and Wellbeing, and the design incorporated a number of curved sections as well as a central seating area. The garden forms the focus[…]
WoodBlocX in Accoya™ WoodBlocX are excited to announce a new innovation that will extend the lifespan of all of our external structures. Accoya’s specially treated timber offers an unprecedented lifespan of 50 years. Accoya® wood is the result of decades of research and development that has brought together a long-established, extensively proven wood modification technique and leading-edge[…]
We are not prone to fortune telling at WoodBlocX but 2030 really is in the not too distant future. In our latest blog post we ask: What will the Urban Landscape of 2030 look like? A number of studies have been carried out to make a very well educated guess as to how our[…]
Design flexibility Are you struggling with a design for a difficult area? Or do you need something a little out of the ordinary? Have you considered using a modular timber system such as WoodBlocX? Other options in these situations – notably sleepers if the client has specified a wooden product – could struggle with the[…]
The Cost of Modular Timber Designs When budgets are tight, it’s good to be able to see all the costs of a project up front. Using a modular timber system for raised beds and other landscaping means that not only are the material costs easy to calculate, but the labour costs will be much more[…]
In the UK we sometimes take our forests, woodland and green space for granted, but you may be surprised to learn that the UK is one of the least wooded areas in Europe. Only 13% of our landmass is woodland, which is far less than the European average of 37%. So why is this[…]