You will have seen over the past few years the increased popularity of the “street” café. Culture, along with the environment of extended exterior eating and drinking areas – patios and terraces.

Obviously these areas need to be attractive, comfortable, easily accessible, safe and “contained”. Much of the containment is achieved by the use of screening, fencing, boundary planting, various planting configurations and container plant displays.

Terraces and patios are ideal to extend your trading capacity, that is if wind and weather are not spoiling the party.

We have included in this section links to other providers for awnings, furniture, space heaters and lighting etc. Working together, as we often do, we can offer you “The One Stop Shop” to creating your new and exciting terrace or patio.

Research carried out by a leading European terrace solution company found that significant extra turn over and profit will be achieved in a relatively short pay back period.

A professionally designed terrace extends, on average, your trading by 42 days per year. You start your season earlier, finish your season later, benefit from longer trading hours and remember those windy, dull and perhaps chilly days, when people would be put off sitting outside, now they can.

Well designed, welcoming and relaxing terraces will promote your business image, create a distinctive competitive advantage and be “The Talk of the Town”.

Remember good terrace and patio designs – that are well maintained – directly contribute to greater brand identity, stronger image and customer confidence in your product, service and venue.

Offsetting investment costs can be achieved by encouraging your product suppliers to partially sponsor the development of your terrace in exchange for advertising their product on the outside of the plant containers, screens and awnings etc.

Ideas and samples of boundary planting, terrace and patio planting and contemporary landscaping are shown in the accompanying pictures in this section.

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All-weather outside  seating area	Relaxing street café	The use of a wide  range of displays to  create a welcoming environment
Street café surrounds Centurion Café -  Newcastle Central  Station	Café style planting in Practice at Bar38 - York	Extensive ornamental  topiary shapes -  different and exclusive
City Centre Enclosed  Patio	High and Low Level  Plant Displays used  to Create the Cafe  Atmosphere	Street Cafe Leicester  Square
More Ideas for the  use of Street Plant  Displays	Patio Style Street  Cafe	Screen and  Wind-break
Highlight an Entrance  with Spectacular  Large Plants	Traditional Displays  with an Abundance  of Colour	Coach and Eight  Finished Scheme  Transforming a Plain  Area into a Relaxing  and Comfortable  Patio
Creating a Beer  Garden and Adding  Character	Creating a Place to  Relax with Planting Features