We built a kitchen extension earlier this year, which juts out into the garden leaving us with a side return. We got the builder to pave this over and build a small raised bed at the wall (about 9 inches high and 1.5 ft wide) to allow us to plant some climbers to train over the wall and some small / medium height flowers. The look we were going for was something like this.
I went to start planting it yesterday and discovered the builder has built it on the old concrete patio. I am absolutely livid.
The builder will be back in December to do the final snag so worst case I can make him dig it up, but it will be a big row and I can't see how they can get rid of concrete now without a jackhammer, which means they will probably destroy the new patio.
If we leave it as it is, will we be able to plant anything substantial it it ? If filled to the brim we will have a maximum of 9 inches of soil, and I presume no drainage (although the end of it is built on soil as the new patio is longer than the old). Am I freaking out over nothing ?
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Flower bed on concrete ?!
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MelanieWiggles · 06/10/2013 10:47
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