Converting front lawn to gravel driveway

DantheMan

if you are purely doing this to remove mowing then why not forget about a gravel driveway and put in some flower beds?

plant some flowers, lay some terram and place bark some over the top, not only will this look good but the terram stops any weeds coming up through the plants which keeps the place neat and tidy

just a suggestion!

if you still plan on the gravel driveway you'll need a compacter or roller to compact the soil and sub bases, you should be able to hire one of these from any hire store at a reasonable price

guardianangel

DantheMan wrote: »

if you are purely doing this to remove mowing then why not forget about a gravel driveway and put in some flower beds?

plant some flowers, lay some terram and place bark some over the top, not only will this look good but the terram stops any weeds coming up through the plants which keeps the place neat and tidy

just a suggestion!

if you still plan on the gravel driveway you'll need a compacter or roller to compact the soil and sub bases, you should be able to hire one of these from any hire store at a reasonable price

I'm not very greenfingers and the plants will either die or grow into a forest (like my neighbours is currently). Although, I like the idea of bark as that would be cheaper. On the very very odd occasion there may be a car parked on it for a few hours, the bark will be fine with that? Thanks for the advice.

macman

Gravel will need a lot more maintenance than mowing the lawn once a fortnight!

DantheMan

guardianangel wrote: »

I'm not very greenfingers and the plants will either die or grow into a forest (like my neighbours is currently). Although, I like the idea of bark as that would be cheaper. On the very very odd occasion there may be a car parked on it for a few hours, the bark will be fine with that? Thanks for the advice.

It will probably be ok, not ideal to have a bark 'driveway'.

You can buy low maintenance flowers that require little work except for a trim once a year (sometimes not even)! I can't think of any right now though! lol

alternatively you could deck it, pave it, or kill it! lol

cyclonebri1

Granulated rubber is now used in place of bark around kiddies playgrounds, seems the bark is home to to many bugs.
Maybe that's an option for you but I don't know if it would "travel".

The thing is with all these loose fills, they have to be contained.