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"Mel" writes:
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| My Son has moved to a modern house with two man holes stuck right in
| the middle of his lawn the lawn that was laid is all weeds and very
| uneven, the gardenis very small.Think I might take up the lawn and
| re-do but what do I about these man holes, any ideas? They need the
| garden to be child friendly. Does anyone know a link for garden
| layouts?

Something that nobody has posted, which surprises me, is to grow
sprawling plants around them and have an island bed that happens
to have a manhole cover in the middle. Many plants are suitable
for that, depending on soil, location and aspect, including
ceanothus, helianthemum, rosemary, aubretia, something white I
can never remember the name of but have grown, etc. etc. Most of
those are tough enough to survive children, too.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

"BAC" wrote after
"Bob Hobden" replied to "Mel"
My Son has moved to a modern house with two man holes stuck right in
the middle of his lawn the lawn that was laid is all weeds and very
uneven, the gardenis very small.Think I might take up the lawn and
re-do but what do I about these man holes, any ideas? They need the
garden to be child friendly. Does anyone know a link for garden
layouts?

You can buy recessed manhole covers specially made for your problem that
you
can plant with turf, or block paving.
See... http://www.pavingexpert.com/recess01.htm
You would only see the thin edge then.


Spare a thought for the poor person who has to lift the 'lid'. Some of
those
block paving filled covers are very heavy indeed!

True, I have to lift one every time I clean my pond, but it is possible and
with turf in it there would not be so much weight.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
17mls W. of London.UK