Do you have a front garden?

lostinrates

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

I think moss gardens look good too.

I guess another alternative would be a camomile lawn.

Chamomile lawns are idea for non mowers who don't mind a tiny bit of annual maintaining I think...tending to any patches. And it likes the sun. . We are making a chamomile area too:D.

Again, the reason grass is popular is because its durable and tough, unlike these alternatives. Not great for people with small gardens and active children and dogs. Ours are young in areas our dogs do not need access to and are a pain to get to with the sit on mower.

pimento

We have a drive that is about 30' x 30'. It is block paved but has a mature hedge on one side and a beds outside the living room window with shrubs, a wiggly shaped bed between us and the neighbour that has mature shrubs and a bed at the front that has two trees in.

It's bad enough having to mow the lawn at the back, let alone having one at the front as well.

TBagpuss

The previous occupants of my house had the front garden tarmacked over - it is incredibly ugly, and as they ripped out the front hedge at the same time means there is not a lot of privacy.

It is on my list of things to do - I have just started getting quotes - I want to have some grass, fence and shrubs at the front and perhaps space to gow some fruit and veg, so I can keep the (more private) back garden for flowers and pretty things.

I have a long driveway (currently full of 1 skip and 2 builders' vans, with space for my car as well) so can afford to use the space.

When I moved, off road parking and a garden were very high on my list of priorities - current house was a compromise as the 'garden' part means getting rid of tarmac at the front and a lot of gravel at the back, but I shall get there in the end!

firebird082

Yes

Our house has a front garden Lots of our neighbours have had dropped kerbs put in and used their front gardens for parking (not unreasonably, as parking is a bit tight round our way). We can't do the same, as there is a large patch of grass with 2 beautiful large trees out the front, so I seriously doubt we would get permission to chop them down! It is a nuisance having to carry shopping etc from the other side of the road where the general parking is, but I much prefer being able to look out of the front room on to the trees and flowers rather than ugly cars We have plans to add more screening from the patch in due course (every morning and afternoon scores of parents walk their children to school past our house) which should make it even more of a nice green retreat.

gayleygoo

No

I think we are in the only house on our street that doesn't have a front garden. It's means we have a larger driveway in front of the house, and a boring old hedge around it, but we've only one car so I'd much rather have the grass or some space for plants.

The back yard isn't much better. It's tiny and is covered over with gravel. I miss having grass. (Though my OH doesn't miss mowing it!)

I feel like I'd be much happier to have some garden that we could sit out in when it's nice, and the kids could play in, but we rent and can't just rip up tarmac or gravel!

thorsoak

Yes

I have a front garden ...quite a large one - with a paved drive up one side which follows on in front of the house as well - so plenty of parking. I've also got a small lawn, with a rowan tree (which protects from evil) and some pampas grass! Not planted by us, I may add.

seven-day-weekend

Yes

MSE_Andrea wrote: »

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) says front gardens are disappearing across Britain.

Do you still have one or is it paved over?

At the moment I have two houses. One is a traditional Victorian terraced house. It has a small front garden which is mainly paved and is used for parking my husband's motorbike. It does have one flower border. We have nowhere to park a car. We do have a good size back garden (for this type of house), which is planted to encourage wildlife and we have a wildlife pond.

The other is a 1930s s/d bungalow and it has on the front a drive, a lawn and flower borders. So, plenty of parking and a garden too! The back garden is massive, so there is a lawn, borders, and what will be a vegetable plot and room for several sheds. We haven't moved in yet, (possibly end of June), but are intending to make a wildlife pond over the winter and hopefully it will colonise in the spring.

Gloomendoom

No

gayleygoo wrote: »

I feel like I'd be much happier to have some garden that we could sit out in when it's nice, and the kids could play in, but we rent and can't just rip up tarmac or gravel!

Why not get a roll of fake grass for sunny days?

nearlyrich

Yes

Our houses were built on farmland in the 70's at the front we had a sloping meadow which took a lot of mowing, we have been saying for about 15 years we were going to terrace it and put gravel and pots on it. We have a great bit of shrubbery in front of it and having just completed the terracing we are really pleased, the view from the sofa is still green but DH can forget about the mower this summer. At the back we used to have a parking space and a fenced garden which we had swings etc. on when the children were young, as they grew older we realised we would soon have four cars so we had the back block paved about 14 years ago. We now have off road parking for 4 cars. When we did this job we put in a shrubbery border which is colourful all year round. We are pretty rural so lots of mature trees in all our views and not too much gardening to do just the odd tree trimming..

Loz01

Ours is long gone :rotfl: got paved over to become a three car drive, but we do have a tiny bit of "garden" under our bay window with flowers and a little conifer tree but no grass to speak of...
Lots of gardens in our street is the same because most of the time it resembles a car park. For example,our neighbours have two teenage/early 20's kids so they have 4 cars plus girlfriend and boyfriend of said teenagers so 6 cars taking over the place....