New-build turfing in Washington: get a free quote for your garden
Washington began as a planned new town and still sees new homes built today. If your new-build garden needs turfing, ask for a free quote.
- Ground
- Clay till over the coalfield
- Weather
- Inland, mild for the area
- Best months
- April to June, September to October
- Area
- Tyne and Wear
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Washington gardens: the short version
| In Washington | |
|---|---|
| Ground | Clay till over the coalfield |
| Weather | Inland, mild for the area |
| Best months | April to June, September to October |
| Area | Tyne and Wear |
Under the surface in Washington
Like much of the Wear valley, the ground is glacial clay over coal-bearing rocks. Fresh plots often have subsoil spread at the top, which needs breaking up and covering with topsoil before turf.
When to turf in Washington
Set back from the coast, Washington is a little more sheltered than Sunderland. Spring and the early autumn are the best windows, though turf can be laid most months when the ground is workable.
What Washington plots tend to look like
New gardens here tend to be regular, with lawns front and back and paths along the side. Gardens backing onto green space or woodland can be shaded at one end.
A planned town with planned plots means most gardens are a good, regular shape for turf.
Washington questions
Can you work around a path or patio the builder has already laid?
Yes. Turf is cut neatly to existing paths, patios and drives. We don't lay paving, so anything hard-landscaped stays as it is.
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Turfing plots, not just one garden?
Pricing gardens across a phase? Choose Developer on the form, or read how trade quotes work.