ideas for standing a terracotta pot on

right then chaps.
I have a nasty bit of lawn next to a garden path, upon which I want to stand a terracotta pot, full of lilies.
I intend to hoik up the rubbishy grass and create a circle, slightly larger than the pot. But what to use.
I have a couple of ideas, and I'd rather like your opinions on them. I'd also like to hear your suggestions too!


1: cornish cobbles, laid nice and flat, in concentric circles.
2: wood - probably oak or similar, laid either as a whole circle, or in bits
3: slate chippings, edged with cobbles to keep them from scattering over the rest of the garden!
4: something else entirely

whaddya reckon?

thanks awfully
lynne


[ 26. March 2007, 09:05 PM: Message edited by: lynne ]

 

Hi Lynne I love terracotta and slate together,that would be my choice.

 

I agree, it certainly beats a plain paving slab or two, I might 'borrow' one of your suggestions if that's ok

 

We've just put down some almost white Cotswold stone chips and they've really brightened up the area where we laid them.
Much depends on your overall garden colour scheme and layout Lynne. A bright base for the circle could help brighten things up in the winter months.
If you are cutting a circular bed in a lawn, I'd suggest you sink it a bit below the lawn surface and edge it with something that stops just below grass level - that way you'll be able to run the mower over the edges.

 

I like the slate option too, we have a section of it in a plum colour and it's lovely when weathered a bit. There are other shades of slate you can buy too.

Don't think I'd put anything else around the slate as a border though, I'd just dig out the grass and soil to make it a lower level than the grass you are keeping and hopefully that should keep the slate in place. It's easy to tidy up anyway.

Does any of that make any sense?!

 

Using your idea Dave W..Perhaps set Blue bricks into the lawn to your own pattern as edgers then infill with slate?

Those Cotswold chippings might stay white with a soaking of 'Water Seal' Dave