Monday 20 July 2009

CONCRETE OR FLOWER TROUGH?

The concrete drive is always a bit of an eyesore, but when we had a new water pipe laid recently the depth was about a foot, so a big and expensive job to replace.
We have placed pots on the drive in the past, as we don't use the car daily, but it was still a nuisance to remove them. Mike came up with the idea of a trough of plants. The plants are planted in seed trays so can be removed or replaced, most should be evergreen and the moss was an added touch.

The car clears the plants and bricks easily and even I can reverse in without damaging anything.

So what do you think? Will this become the latest garden craze?



22 comments:

  1. beth seems to approve
    so I will add my vote to hers !!

    ReplyDelete
  2. That is such a creative way to green up the concrete. With the plantings on either side, it makes a very lush entry.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Great idea! But perhaps a sunken trough would be less prone to damage after pub night...

    ReplyDelete
  4. Great idea! I love the way it looks. So lush ... I wouldn't even know it was a driveway. -Jackie

    ReplyDelete
  5. WoW! Joanne what a great idea. It looks wonderful too.
    I haven't been on for a while so had to go back and read some of your posts. I just hate missing them.
    I sure hope you win the contest with that fantastic blooming tree! I can't believe how loaded it is.
    And of course your Clematis posts. I want more Clematis - gobs of them. But I've lost a few and think I'm a bit gun shy now - and also need to figure out where I'd put them. They are so gorgeous!!!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Funny idea, never thought you have a car until the end of the story.

    ReplyDelete
  7. I love how that looks. I've seen some driveways in Seattle that actually have just two cement strips for the tires to drive on, and the rest is planted, but nothing as neat as that! I bet it does catch on.

    ReplyDelete
  8. I found your blog after visiting Joe at Lyme Chronicles. What beautiful photos you have shared with your readers. I am so happy I came across it as I can enjoy nature from my laptop even more now thanks to your garden.
    I have Lyme along with my husband. I have been on meds 2 yrs and he is just starting. Nice to read about someone who has succeeded in their treatment.

    ReplyDelete
  9. I saw your post on blotanical. Nice blog you have here. I love the trough idea! It kinda makes me want to rip out our concrete driveway. -Jackie

    ReplyDelete
  10. Love that idea. I love to look at your pictures. It looks like every square inch of your yard is covered with flowers.

    ReplyDelete
  11. I love it! It's absolutely perfect! gail

    ReplyDelete
  12. You're a women that thinks like me...
    Can't waste any space !!!!
    Love everything crowded.
    Have to take a look see at your other posts.
    Curious now...need to know what you've got growing in your front yard.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Hi Thanks for popping by and your lovely comments when I get a bit of time I will return the visit.

    Renee I am so pleased you visited yes lyme disease is grim and so debilitating how sad that both you and your husband are affected. I do hope you enjoy visiting my garden as I guess you are not able to enjoy yours at present.
    The politics surounding this illness are hardly credible until you start delving and so much of my time is spent when I am not gardening and blogging on trying to raise awareness particularly around where I live as there is a growing number of cases I am getting to know.

    ReplyDelete
  14. Brilliant idea for spicing up the driveway! I wish it would work for our driveway. But ours is rather goofy as it is. I better focus on the area alongside the driveway first!

    ReplyDelete
  15. Your driveway must be the best looking driveway around! :-)
    Love it!!!!!!!!

    Michelle

    ReplyDelete
  16. If I did that my husband would band the neighbors together, and boo! boo! me out of it.
    I like it very much, but would not be brave enough to carry it off.

    ReplyDelete
  17. That is a fantastic idea that should be presented quickly to garden & home magazines. Even DH liked this idea. TTFN ~ Marydon

    ReplyDelete
  18. Great idea, it adds more green to the driveway.

    ReplyDelete
  19. Joanne - that's such a good idea and just the thing that should be adopted more widely especially as more and more people are concreting over their front drives for their cars.

    ReplyDelete
  20. Great idea, you found extra space to put plants... It encourage people to be extra careful when they drive....

    ~ bangchik

    ReplyDelete
  21. I love it! We have lots of cement here, but I don't think my husband would be up for taking any out. I love what you did! I actually do have a couple flower beds in the front because our neighbor had to have her water main be replaced, and they had to dig in our yard.

    I came here from Jan's. Nice blog!

    ReplyDelete
  22. Thanks everyone. We have very narrow opening to our drive between the posts but also because the plants don't allow the gates to open fully so we have to line the car up well for that and then it is about right for the plants down the middle so not as difficult as it looks.

    ReplyDelete