Thomas buff gravel

[ann-marie powell]

I recently saw a garden which used a gorgeous fine buff gravel on a large area of surfacing. It seemed largely small in particle size, but looked as though it was made up of a variety of sizes to give it a dusty, almost breedon kind of look.

The gravel was stated as being 'fine local Thomas Buff gravel' a gravel which would therefore be local to dulwich in london, but I've never heard of it and a google search doesn't bring up any reference to it.

Has anyone ever heard of it? Or know of any suppliers?

PLEASE IGNORE THE ABOVE. Was browsing through a CED brochure (as you do!) and found a gravel called Buff Thames..... it's got to be a misprint by the magazine concerned.

Thanks for looking.

[clive]

I have seen the same gravels sold under different names by different suppliers and it may not even be local gravel. The Buff Thames doesn’t look self binding. Gravels similar to Breedon I have come across are:

Long Rake spar Goldpath
http://www.longrakespar.co.uk/list.php?cat=Self-Binding%20Gravel

Raisby Golden Gravel:
http://www.imag.co.uk/gravel.aspx

Golden Amber Footpath Gravel
http://www.ced.ltd.uk/indexM.htm?Products.php

Some work better than others as a self binding aggregate