Plants under/around trampoline?

As title says really. Underneath my kids trampoline is just dirt, which is unsightly from my kitchen window. I was thinking of growing around the edge/slightly underneath. My garden isn't very big, I'm thinkin leeks? Broad beans? It's about a meter high

 

Hi Billi, by the time you've ruled out plants that don't like being trampled on, bounced on or that need a lot of light, and those that might cause damage to the kids, there isn't a lot left. Perhaps some of the low-growing thymes with soft stems, camomile, low-growing mint? Bear in mind that whatever you plant will need watering, which might make access to the trampoline a messy, slippery affair...

 

It's a rectangle trampoline with a net, the opening is only on 1 end. I'm thinking it'll be along the long side, so won't get trampled on. And with it being on the edge I can still water them and would still get light from the sun

 

Ah, right....in that case, get digging, incorporate some organic matter and general fertiliser and get sowing/planting

 

Thanks I have some homemade compost to boost the soil, I'm just unsure how it will look. I guess there's only one way to find out haha

 

As long as the area gets a fair amount of sun during the day it could work, you might find the plants tend to grow outwards from the trampoline, but you can pull them back slightly with some string.
Your thinking of broad beans and leeks sounds ok, just dont plant them under, to the side by a foot 18 inches should work.

 

The area in question is south facing so does get a fair bit of daylight

 

Broad beans look and smell nice, but bear in mind that any flowering veg will attract bees

 

Is there a problem with bees?

 

My kids know to leave bees alone

 

Don't broad beans need some support?

I'd be very nervous about anything that needs support so close to a trampoline. The prospect of a bamboo cane pointing skyward so close to kids bouncing makes me cringe just thinking about it.

 

That's a very good point actually! I will need to grow something that doesn't require support. Though I'm thinking of growing right at the edge so hopefully any plants will be safe from being damaged

 

Are the bees educated too?

 

I'd have thought it was sensible to grow non-flowering stuff (which, come to think of it, rules out Thyme too) in an area where children will be playing Probably just over caution on my part as I'm still trying to extract a bee-sting from my hand a week after the insertion

 

I've never been stung by a bee in my life you have to rattle them to get them to do it, wasps are a bit different.