Does your garden have a thin layer of soil, over builder's rubble - not ideal growing conditions? If so, there are a few things you can do - including adding well-rotted manure and growing suitable plants. Find out more in this Quick Tips video.

2023年4月27日 · What he sets out to demonstrate is that an array of plants can grow successfully and sustainably in inhospitable situations – thriving in anything from sand to builder’s rubble. ‘The aim is to get as diverse a mix of plants as possible,’ says John.

2020年6月26日 · The Cow Parsley (or Queen Anne's Lace, as it's sometimes called in England - the name refers to a different plant in some other countries) soon comes into flower for a brief but glorious period. ...and it's leaves can even look attractive when they are dying off.

Have you ever wondered how to plant in rubble? Use it as a base to grow a resilient, low maintenance and biodiverse garden!

2018年5月8日 · Substitute interesting and beautiful plants for the weeds and you have a new garden! After each of the Ice ages much of the Earth surface was rubble, rocks and moraines. Most of our plants in their turn in ecological successions have colonised such stoney foundations and over the millennia fertile soils have formed.

2023年3月21日 · John recommended that gardeners should work alongside entomologists to ensure that planting can support a wide range of invertebrates – which in turn encourages a greater population of wildlife in gardens. John explained how it is possible to grow plants on sand, rubble and other building materials.

Australian native plants are excellent in the garden especially the new varieties of grevilleas, grafted darwinias, banksias, compact and prostrate wattles. An excellent base for a native garden is sandstone rubble. Sometimes this is produced when digging is done to put in a swimming pool.

2015年10月1日 · What can I grow in thin soil over builders’ rubble? 2015-10-01 - PIPPA SAYS: Start by trying to improve the soil a bit – dig in lots of well-rotted manure or garden compost to boost fertility and bring back some of the micro-organisms that any decent soil needs.

2023年9月13日 · Sally Bower’s 2021 RHS Bursary report on growing in rubble substrate Wednesday 13 September 2023. Landscape designer Sally Bower has a very lovely study tour report about growing in low nutrient substrates. Well worth a look at the RHS PDF.

2023年6月19日 · This means anything between 6 to 12 inches (15 to 30 cm) soil depth across your entire lawn. While grass growing over a thin layer of topsoil may start out strong, once the roots hit the rubble layer, they’re going to be unable to grow much further, and the quality of your lawn will deteriorate and need replacing.