In the autumn, there are lots of jobs to be done in the garden, and you may also want to do some garden improvements too, ready for the spring and summer. Typical garden jobs include clearing fallen leaves, planting bulbs for the spring and cutting back overgrown bushes.

However, this is also a good time to get on with doing garden improvement work like laying a new patio. A patio is a great addition to the garden, giving you a place to put garden furniture so that you, your family and guests can sit outside in comfort.

Before you do anything else you need to decide on the area where you are going to put the patio and mark it out. Think about the practicalities too, such as where you would want to sit, and where the sun will be in the garden.

When you have decided on the area, you need to prepare the ground by digging around 1.5cm down over the entire area that the patio will be on. You need to make sure that this is even so that your patio lies flat.

Once you have the area prepared you then need to order the materials that you need. You can get concrete from local companies like this concrete Cheltenham based supplier monstermixconcrete.co.uk/concrete-cheltenham/

When you order the materials make sure that you calculate the amounts that you will need so that you order enough but you do not over order.

You also need to get anything that you need such as slabs and anything that you want to decorate it.