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Beautiful butts

JoeXJoeX Posts: 1,783
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Only on gardenersworld can I post that without fear of reprisals ;)

The main down pipe from my roof is placed such that a water butt off it will be in quite a key position in the front garden on the drive.  We’ll be walking past it everyday, the house number will be just above it, etc, so I feel it needs to be quite a looker and perhaps have some kind of planting on it too.

I am also looking at the cheap and cheerful butts for the rear garden, but this one I’m hoping will also act as a buffer to the drain when we have the odd brief but torrential downpour like three nights ago.

I’m vaguely thinking oak or terracotta - anything but plastic! We have a 1930s gabled semi if it matters.

cheers TP
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited August 2018
    Goodness me ... who would've guessed there's all this choice?

    https://www.waterbuttsdirect.co.uk/effect/decorative-water-butts.html

    Mind you, some are horrendous ... and some look absolutely fine ... something for every taste  B)

    Mind you, perhaps you should pop out and buy a Lottery ticket .........  :o

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Does the Trades Description Act apply to thread titles?

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    There are some very lovely butts out there, but I would say, go as large as you can get away with.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Fire said:
    There are some very lovely butts out there, but I would say, go as large as you can get away with.
    That's the premise I work with  ;)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Almost got me excited there :)
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Singing GardenerSinging Gardener Posts: 1,237
    I have 2 water butts near the house which have been chosen to blend in with the house colour. They're not things of great beauty but at least don't stick out like a sore thumb (unlike the gas cannisters). They are plastic though.

  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I have one completely hidden in a pyracantha hedge in my front garden. It was a bit of an effort getting it in there, but it works beautifully now.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    punkdoc said:
    Almost got me excited there :)
    You and me both, but I think we may have been expecting something slightly different .
    Devon.
  • ForTheBeesForTheBees Posts: 168
    They all look terrible so buy a cheap one to the required volume then hide behind a wooden frame.
  • JoeXJoeX Posts: 1,783
    Singing Gardener said:
    I have 2 water butts near the house which have been chosen to blend in with the house colour. They're not things of great beauty but at least don't stick out like a sore thumb (unlike the gas cannisters). They are plastic though.

    Nice, it looks fine cause it’s out of the way, matches the building and has planting all round it. Good job.
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