Yes I would like to hide the concrete if possible. We have the same issue in the front garden (but no bank!) and a photinia hedge is planned to solve that one.
Yes I think the rockery idea is out nutcutlet, but a useful thought to add gravel (we have plenty) and an alpine area.
Would welcome any thoughts on the cost of getting a retaining wall built in any material. Has anyone done this recently and had an idea of the cost? Or is there a gardener/landscaper out there with a cost idea?
I appreciate further ideas, thank you. My other half is concerned about the cost of a retaining wall...! I think we'll have to get a quote but I hadn't thought of the soil amount - filling two raised beds took enough! What sort of trees would you suggest PlantPots? Would need to be something that did not have disruptive roots I imagine - to lawn or fence?
I like heathers too Verdun. There was some mention earlier in the conversation that the soil might move downwards if the bank was just a bed. So I'm unsure on whether that is the case or not...hmmm...
Buying topsoil in bulk works out much much cheaper than in individual bags from the garden centre - google for some prices of local suppliers before you make up your mind.
I think that bare soil would wash downwards in heavy rain - that was what we found which is why we used the sleepers to support the bank and turned it into a border.
You could plant shrubs in the turf, just clearing a planting spot - but then what would you do about mowing the grass? I know Plantpots says don't mow, but year after year of unmown grass will look very scruffy and tangled - is that what you want?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hello there. I think that you have a very nice lawn. But it will be more attractive and pleasant if you add some flowers and some decorations. Have a nice day gardening!
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Yes I would like to hide the concrete if possible. We have the same issue in the front garden (but no bank!) and a photinia hedge is planned to solve that one.
Yes I think the rockery idea is out nutcutlet, but a useful thought to add gravel (we have plenty) and an alpine area.
Would welcome any thoughts on the cost of getting a retaining wall built in any material. Has anyone done this recently and had an idea of the cost? Or is there a gardener/landscaper out there with a cost idea?
Much appreciate the further input.
The concrete at the base of the fence in our garden hardly shows in the summer now, when the perennials and clematis cover it
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I appreciate further ideas, thank you. My other half is concerned about the cost of a retaining wall...! I think we'll have to get a quote but I hadn't thought of the soil amount - filling two raised beds took enough! What sort of trees would you suggest PlantPots? Would need to be something that did not have disruptive roots I imagine - to lawn or fence?
I like heathers too Verdun. There was some mention earlier in the conversation that the soil might move downwards if the bank was just a bed. So I'm unsure on whether that is the case or not...hmmm...
Buying topsoil in bulk works out much much cheaper than in individual bags from the garden centre - google for some prices of local suppliers before you make up your mind.
I think that bare soil would wash downwards in heavy rain - that was what we found which is why we used the sleepers to support the bank and turned it into a border.
You could plant shrubs in the turf, just clearing a planting spot - but then what would you do about mowing the grass? I know Plantpots says don't mow, but year after year of unmown grass will look very scruffy and tangled - is that what you want?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Clematis of the herbaceous kind, such as clematis recta purpurea trailing down the slope.
Integrifolia clematis.
Cotoneaster, Hebe, lavander, heather, vinca, sun loving primula,
Cerastium, aubretia, saxifrage, alpines.
Spring bulbs, some grasses for height and movement.
Hello there. I think that you have a very nice lawn. But it will be more attractive and pleasant if you add some flowers and some decorations. Have a nice day gardening!