Getting rid of front lawn

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daviehug

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I am planning to get rid of front lawn. Firstly, I want to create a larger parking/turning area & secondly, I hate cutting grass. The greater part of the front has tarmac..,am considering putting more tarmac with kerbing around the plants/shrubs but it will probably be difficult to get someone to do a relatively small area. Anyone any suggestions as to alternatives to putting something other than tarmac..am wondering how it would look with tarmac and some other hard surface!! Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

dave
 
There is a hugh variety of gravel and stone chips available. Some is expensive, some cheap. A lot of providers have display areas.

We did this to part of our front garden of our previous house. Took up the sod, put down weed barrier and poured/spread the stone chips.

Just make sure you put a good depth down, as otherwise the barrier can lift or the corners work their way to the surface.

If you want you can plant slow growning bushes/shrubs as well, e.g. red robin or hebees (sp?).

To my mind, looks a lot better than small patches of grass.
 
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