{"id":127916,"date":"2022-07-22T15:00:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T08:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/what-to-plant-to-soften-and-hide-a-concrete-wall-alys-fowler\/"},"modified":"2022-07-22T15:30:32","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T08:30:32","slug":"what-to-plant-to-soften-and-hide-a-concrete-wall-alys-fowler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/what-to-plant-to-soften-and-hide-a-concrete-wall-alys-fowler\/","title":{"rendered":"What to plant to soften and hide a concrete wall | Alys Fowler"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWe can\u2019t 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 \u2013 the green-eyed monster. \u201cOh,\u201d he sighs, \u201cimagine owning that.\u201d 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\u2019s not happening \u2013 not only because of finances, but because all that rubble and concrete goes to landfill (with environmental transport costs, too). We can\u2019t keep ripping up and starting again just because something offends our aesthetic sensibilities. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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