ᐅ Splash guard for the facade and transition from lawn to flower bed
Created on: 21 Sep 2020 22:25
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Tarnari
Hello dear friends,
I am interested in how you have solved the following issues:
1: We initially planned to create flower beds along some of the house’s exterior walls. We like the idea of not just seeing the bare facade in the garden but also some greenery there.
However, we have been advised to lay gravel along the facade to act as a splash guard, preventing strong rain from splashing dirt onto the walls. That sounds reasonable at first.
But we really don’t like gravel. Bark mulch could be an alternative. Are there other ways to create flower beds next to exterior walls while still preventing heavy rain from making everything dirty?
2: Along the edges of the property, we want to install a privacy screen. Currently, Siberian larch is our preferred choice. We also want to create flower beds along the privacy screen so that, over the years as everything grows, we can enjoy “green walls.”
We don’t want to make the beds straight and parallel to the screen but rather slightly curved, with rounded corners to create a more natural look.
Initially, to avoid classic lawn edging stones, we considered using a lawn edging strip, as it is less visually intrusive.
However, we were advised to use stones after all because we plan to use a robotic lawn mower. With the strip, it would always leave a strip of uncut grass along the edge, whereas with stones, the mower can pass over them and no strip remains. This sounds logical.
Does anyone have experience or know of alternatives to classic stones that don’t cause this uncut strip problem?
I am interested in how you have solved the following issues:
1: We initially planned to create flower beds along some of the house’s exterior walls. We like the idea of not just seeing the bare facade in the garden but also some greenery there.
However, we have been advised to lay gravel along the facade to act as a splash guard, preventing strong rain from splashing dirt onto the walls. That sounds reasonable at first.
But we really don’t like gravel. Bark mulch could be an alternative. Are there other ways to create flower beds next to exterior walls while still preventing heavy rain from making everything dirty?
2: Along the edges of the property, we want to install a privacy screen. Currently, Siberian larch is our preferred choice. We also want to create flower beds along the privacy screen so that, over the years as everything grows, we can enjoy “green walls.”
We don’t want to make the beds straight and parallel to the screen but rather slightly curved, with rounded corners to create a more natural look.
Initially, to avoid classic lawn edging stones, we considered using a lawn edging strip, as it is less visually intrusive.
However, we were advised to use stones after all because we plan to use a robotic lawn mower. With the strip, it would always leave a strip of uncut grass along the edge, whereas with stones, the mower can pass over them and no strip remains. This sounds logical.
Does anyone have experience or know of alternatives to classic stones that don’t cause this uncut strip problem?
Tarnari schrieb:
Well, the proposal was to have gravel and the flower bed in front. I don’t quite understand your comments.I wrote that because of your statement here:Tarnari schrieb:
But we really don’t like gravel at allSo I don’t understand YOUR confused response to mine.
Tarnari schrieb:
I really like that tip.Of course, that’s a nice thing, and haydee’s garden looks very beautiful. But honestly: for me to get involved in your “problem” “I-don’t-like-stones” and then you say: Tarnari schrieb:
I don’t quite understand your comments right now.... and I have to justify my response because of that (which shouldn’t be necessary, common courtesy is expected) feels a bit confusing. When someone replies, you usually respond differently. So is it more about the bed edging rather than the splash guard? You don’t even see bed edgings once the shrubs grow, right?! PS in the initial thread it definitely says gravel and splash guard, both in content. But anyway, I’m done here. Poorly asked questions take up too much energy.
No no no...
I haven’t been here that long yet. But long enough to feel that your posts have changed. At first, I really appreciated your posts. Constructive, positive, critical. Added value for those asking questions.
This impression has changed. From my perspective, you are now only opposing, provocative, destructive, and more.
I can no longer take you seriously.
Which is a shame, because it used to be completely the opposite.
I haven’t been here that long yet. But long enough to feel that your posts have changed. At first, I really appreciated your posts. Constructive, positive, critical. Added value for those asking questions.
This impression has changed. From my perspective, you are now only opposing, provocative, destructive, and more.
I can no longer take you seriously.
Which is a shame, because it used to be completely the opposite.
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Grantlhaua23 Sep 2020 06:52Tarnari schrieb:
But we really don’t like gravel. Mulch would definitely be an alternative. Are there perhaps other options to create planting beds along the exterior wall while still preventing heavy rain from making a mess?Install wooden cladding in that area, and attach trellises to the cladding for the plants.