How many gardeners here have NO lawn?

 

I'm thinking of taking up, what's rest of my lawn, and putting beautiful
plants in its place.

How many would agree or disagree to this proposal?

Draven

 


It's up to you, isn't it? Some people like immaculate pure grass lawns
and are willing to spend enough time to make them like that, some people
want grass for sitting on, playing football on or whatever. I hate
mowing, and find dense planting much easier and more fun to maintain.

We've removed all the grass from the front garden and replaced it by
plants and ponds, and are really pleased with the result - lower
maintenance and much more to look at. And the piece at the back is now
less than half the size it was. It's not a big garden, but you now have
to walk around it to see everything of interest rather than taking it
all in at a glance.
--
Kay
       "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"
                                        

 



Our front garden is the same, easy to look at and easy to maintain, and I
think that the simplicity of the front garden, was what the visitors
expected of the back, but with the shrubs, flowers, trees AND the bit of
lawn, as one person said as they walked round the side of the house and saw
the back garden "WOW!!"

:-))

Mike

 

wrote:


As she trod on a flayed dead cat?
--
Martin

 


I did the same with my front garden which now has a very large island
bed and a c shaped drive round. |This means I don't have to mow the lawn
at the front when I would never use it, sit on it or see it from the
window.
I now have trees and shrubs and perennials etc and less tidying up and
general maintenance. I can also see the shrubs from the window when
sitting down.
Would always have some lawn at the back but then we like lawn and trees
etc. It's up to the individual gardener as Kay says. If you have a lawn
you can edge your beds with smaller plants and they can been seen unlike
no grass and all the plants in wild profusion. Chances are anyway,
you'll get grass growing amongst plants in large beds, just not all
together in a lawn:)
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk