Help with concrete garden

Lennylegs

Hi I posted the following on the gardening board and had a couple of good responses, wondering if there are any more ideas fro you guys! Thanks:


Hi,
My husband and I live in a ground floor flat, we have our own patio to the side of our house that we manage fairly well (pots/wall troughs etc). However directly outside our front room is the 'car park' however it never gets used for cars as the road to it is long, private and too difficult to drive a car down. It would be nice to brighten it up as it's right outside our window. So far we painted the far wall white, painted the fencing, bought a couple of plants and started trailing a clematis. Does anyone have any ideas for this area, we don't have a lot of money but don't mind spending the time. My Dad is prepared to make a raised border at the end toward the garages, my Mum reckons some sort of Ivy could be planted and trained up over the ugly garage roofs, the final thing would be the floor (not sure if this is concrete or tarmac?!) and have no idea what to do with this.... I appreciate that this has been a long post and would be so grateful for any suggestions.....

Thanks
Leonie :beer:

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lagi

If you are allowed to, how about speaking to a local art college and getting them to design and paint a mural across the length of the wall. They may do it as part of a project so may supply their own materials. If you both come up with a good idea tell them your happy for the local papers to take pictures to publicise their talents and could even hold a little party out there for them when its finished. If it is done well you won't even know its a garage out there. Add a bit of colour too.