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Ground cover suggestions please
We have a planted area between our boundary wall and the pavement, about 3m x 40m. It used to be managed by the developer and was then taken over by the local authority when the road was adopted. The problem is that the LA no longer have the funds or resources to look after the area and it has been getting somewhat neglected. We have started to tidy it up (Big Society???) and it occurs that planting ground cover could help reduce future maintenance. We have cleared a lot of the overgrown shrubbery and ivy, leaving three large mature conifers and a few shrubs that are worth keeping. We would be grateful for any suggestions for evergreen ground cover for an area that is in the shade of the conifers for much of the day, fairly heavy soil (Devon Redlands and clay mix) - we have some Pachysandra terminalis which will undoubtedly grow reasonably well but wonder if there is anything that is a bit more attractive (no hedera!) -- rbel |
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Ground cover suggestions please
On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 20:04:43 -0000, rbel wrote:
We have a planted area between our boundary wall and the pavement, about 3m x 40m. It used to be managed by the developer and was then taken over by the local authority when the road was adopted. The problem is that the LA no longer have the funds or resources to look after the area and it has been getting somewhat neglected. We have started to tidy it up .... snipped Before you go and spend money on a lot of plants, have you got the permission of the local authority (probably its highways department) to do what you are doing? There have been cases where someone has done something to a verge area and the council jobsworths have gone ballistic on the basis that they'd have even more work to do if whoever had done the work moved away, died or was no longer capable of tending the area. It's not unheard of for someone from the council to turn up just after the work's been finished and dig the lot up! A friend was actually threatened with legal action by his local council if he didn't stop cutting the grass on the verge outside his front hedge because the council hadn't insured him to do it! It took a couple of months to get the council to accept that he owned the verge! Mr Cameron doesn't yet seem to have managed to join the dots in his "Big Society" plan. |
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Ground cover suggestions please
On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 20:21:18 -0000, Jake Nospam@invalid wrote:
On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 20:04:43 -0000, rbel wrote: We have a planted area between our boundary wall and the pavement, about 3m x 40m. It used to be managed by the developer and was then taken over by the local authority when the road was adopted. The problem is that the LA no longer have the funds or resources to look after the area and it has been getting somewhat neglected. We have started to tidy it up .... snipped Before you go and spend money on a lot of plants, have you got the permission of the local authority (probably its highways department) to do what you are doing? There have been cases where someone has done something to a verge area and the council jobsworths have gone ballistic on the basis that they'd have even more work to do if whoever had done the work moved away, died or was no longer capable of tending the area. It's not unheard of for someone from the council to turn up just after the work's been finished and dig the lot up! A friend was actually threatened with legal action by his local council if he didn't stop cutting the grass on the verge outside his front hedge because the council hadn't insured him to do it! It took a couple of months to get the council to accept that he owned the verge! Mr Cameron doesn't yet seem to have managed to join the dots in his "Big Society" plan. I (and neighbors in a similar position) have discussed this with the LA Arboricultural Service Manager and asked if we needed to obtain a 'License to cultivate the highway verge'. The response was that he would be delighted if we were content take over the maintenance on an informal basis. We are quite happy to pay for any planting and do appreciate that there is the possibility (albeit somewhat small according to local councilors) that the LA may renew their interest in the land at some time in the future. -- rbel |
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Ground cover suggestions please
On Feb 26, 11:08*pm, rbel wrote:
On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 20:21:18 -0000, Jake Nospam@invalid wrote: On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 20:04:43 -0000, rbel wrote: We have a planted area between our boundary wall and the pavement, about 3m x 40m. *It used to be managed by the developer and was then taken * over by the local authority when the road was adopted. *The problem is that * the LA no longer have the funds or resources to look after the area and it * has been getting somewhat neglected. *We have started to tidy it up ..... * snipped Before you go and spend money on a lot of plants, have you got the permission of the local authority (probably its highways department) to do what you are doing? There have been cases where someone has done something to a verge area and the council jobsworths have gone ballistic on the basis that they'd have even more work to do if whoever had done the work moved away, died or was no longer capable of tending the area. It's not unheard of for someone from the council to turn up just after the work's been finished and dig the lot up! A friend was actually threatened with legal action *by his local council if he didn't stop cutting the grass on the verge outside his front hedge because the council hadn't insured him to do it! It took a couple of months to get the council to accept that he owned the verge! Mr Cameron doesn't yet seem to have managed to join the dots in his "Big Society" plan. I (and neighbors in a similar position) have discussed this with the LA * Arboricultural Service Manager and asked if we needed to obtain a 'License * to cultivate the highway verge'. *The response was that he would be * delighted if we were content take over the maintenance on an informal * basis. *We are quite happy to pay for any planting and do appreciate that * there is the possibility (albeit somewhat small according to local * councilors) that the LA may renew their interest in the land at some time * in the future. -- rbel- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Lots of peole round here (Herefordshire) mow the verge, no-one bugs them about it. You just want grass and mow it. anything else gets filled up with all the crap people throw out of their car windows. My wife picks up a binbag full every couple of months from "our " stretch of verge. At least with grass you can see it & pick it up easily. |
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