rental garden - advice welcome!
We are currently renting and therefore not allowed to do any landscaping. We would love to be able to enjoy the garden but the terrain is not only incredibly uneven but also on an incline as you walk away from the house. The soil is a mixture of grass, weeds and rocks (can't use lawnmower so a grass trimmer and weedkiller are the only options). We'd love to have a (temporary) decking of some sort for a seating area and some easy to care for plants. However, any and all ideas are very welcome as we're very inexperienced with gardening so there may be something else that would work we haven't thought about.
A bit at a loss at how we can make this a bit more presentable without breaching our contract or spending a fortune so any help would be greatly appreciated!
A bit at a loss at how we can make this a bit more presentable without breaching our contract or spending a fortune so any help would be greatly appreciated!
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I would say decking would kill anything below due to lack of light so when you leave and take it up you would be left with a bare patch of ground, pots and troughs are probably the way to go for planting they can be moved around and change with the seasons.
"You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
I can't particularly think of any "temporary" decking and it is doubtful whether you would want the hassle of laying something similar and then attempting to take it with you when you move on.
Pots and lightweight trellis which can easily be removed if necessary may be a better bet. As above, photos would help others to make some suggestions.
To be honest l would have thought the landlord would be happy with any improvement, but you never can tell. If you did want a lawn (and they are agreeable), there would be quite a bit of preparation involved. It may be better to lay gravel perhaps. It seems very shady, so a lawn may struggle.