Property News · July 22, 2022

What to plant to soften and hide a concrete wall | Alys Fowler


We can’t keep ripping up and starting again just because something offends our aesthetic sensibilitiesI visit many beautiful, large gardens as part of my job, but on these trips I travel with an unwanted companion – the green-eyed monster. “Oh,” he sighs, “imagine owning that.” Then I come home to my new garden, with its huge patio and wall made of faux yellow Cotswold stone in concrete (so in tune with Welsh grey slate). To add to the injury, there are a few random Italianate balustrades and some strange ingresses, and beneath all this is rubble spilling out in every direction. Oh, to have it all removed and replace it with a sweet, wooden greenhouse with finials and cold frames.It’s not happening – not only because of finances, but because all that rubble and concrete goes to landfill (with environmental transport costs, too). We can’t keep ripping up and starting again just because something offends our aesthetic sensibilities. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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