Grass drive

[Honu]

Has anyone tried grassing their drive with a plastic / metal / concrete grid and grass growing through it? Is it a sensible idea?

[SophieLeGiraffe]

Not yet but I just bought a house with a parking space aligned to the garden and am considering grasscrete or similar so I will watch this with interest.

[Rhubarbgarden]

I think it looks fab. It won't work if your car is parked on the same spot for long periods, but if the car is out all day at work - if you get my drift - and only parked there evenings and weekends it should work well.

[tricot39]

Hi.
I was looking up similar things the other day. I am not too keen on the grasscrete stuff as it looks a bit municipal but there are other ways of doing permeable paths. I used this page and googled some others [ www.thechicecologist.com/2009/03/eco-friendly-green-driveways-a-living-permeable-driveway-porous-and-alive/]
Hth

[Honu]

Thanks very much for the link tricot - very interesting. Did you find anything else good? In particular a UK version of their Permaturf? And have you actually made a grass drive? We won't be parking on it, just driving over.

[tricot39]

Hi. I haven't made a grass drive myself but have been involved with projects where car parking was done using grass in a plastic grid something like this:
www.dynawestenvironmental.co.uk/honeycombdetails.asp
I just googled honeycomb grass drive and that was one of several products to come up. I think it works best where you pass over it and don't have things parked for a long time restricting light and water to the grass.
Good luck

[FloralFancy]

Not sure if it's healthy for the parked cars, as it will nearly always be damp beneath amd promote corrosion. Maybe others have experience ?

[Luxembourgmama]

Did you end up doing this?