Unusual Front Gardens #10: Minimal

What are the options for our new build homes when you're given 2 minimal, postage stamp sized lawns either side of your front pathway? Here's one solution...

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  1. If I sliced off the top of the picture so only the pot, the step and the funny little square thing showed - I'd probably like this garden (in a minimalist kind of way!).

    Lucy

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  2. I agree with lucy. It is a nice minimal garden

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  3. Presumably the square raised bed thingy containers some dead plants?

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  4. That should say contains, not containers

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  5. One part of me cringes at the lack of garden life but at least a couple of planters soften the effect. Mini lawns in front gardens have never been my favourite thing.

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  6. Reminds me of the Tate Bricks.

    PS Gardeners arrived today - one corner completed - one HUGE lorry load taken away.

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  7. Hope mention on http://esthersgardennotes.blogspot.com/ is ok.

    Esther

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  8. Sometimes I crave a no maintenance space like this!

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  9. Sorry, I hate it. We're being taken over by paving, tarmac and faux-slabs made from concrete. The rain has nowhere to go and floods the streets (at best). I think all new builds should at least be required to use those porous paving blocks. I'm going to stop now before I really get my rant on...

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  10. I think I must agree with Janet...we have huge flooding issues here and too much hardscapes. Personally I'd like to see some green with all that lovely brick.

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  11. Lucy - this is an uncropped photo :)

    fer - I'll let the owners know!

    Martyn - click on the image to enlarge and you'll see both plants are in flower

    EG - I'm torn between liking it and not - it's an improvement on the lawn...

    Petoskystone - yes

    Mark - yes, now I come to think about it

    EM - :)

    Damo - not sure it's no maintenance - weeds tend to colonise the gaps in time...

    Janet - there's usually drainage down between these brick paviors, but yes a choice of an even more eco-friendly material would be great.

    Joan - of course that's another option and would have been my choice too. I do like the architectural plant though and my choice would have been to have 2 of these and ditch the alpine trough if I was going for the minimal look.

    But then it's not my garden...

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