Hide a pile of concrete

[tilerman]

Hello, the past couple of years i have been taking up a HUGE amount of concrete from different areas in my garden. Many many many tons of the stuff and i just cannot carry it all through my house as there is so much. I have decided to stack it in a corner of my (fortunately) large garden and try to disguise. I have left a hollow in the top and i am getting a ton bag of soil delivered which i am going to put on top. It won't cover the whole pile but i want to plant some sort of ground covering plant in the soil to help hide the concrete. I know its not ideal to bury/hide concrete but i just cannot carry any more of it. The more vigorous the plant the better but something that looks nice also. Any ideas. Thankyou in advance.

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

What environment will the plants grow in
Open to Sun and dry?
Shady and humid?
What type of soil are you using?

 

[WabbitPoo]

u dont have clay, weaterlogged soil by any chance, and hence the need for a soakaway?

other than that, save it for a hardcore base for a patio, or garage, or get someone else to remove it?

 

[tilerman]

Hello and sorry for delay with my reply. The area will be in full sun and the actual area is dry. I am having 'premium' top soil delivered which is the same as i used in my raised beds and is of great quality. Thankyou

 

[tilerman]

Hi Sorry for delay with my reply. The concrete i took up was from underneath sheds, a large patio and a 160' long path which in places was 30" thick with re bar believe it or not! You could have safely landed a 747 in my back garden. We want our garden wild so concrete had to go but we just cannot physically carry any more through our house. Afraid we have to disguise with plants.

 

[RedHerring2]

camouflage net???
Not so daft, just cover with camouflage net, then plant through it.

 

[merlin50]

i would cover it with tree branches and logs, plant ivy then it will be a nice wildlife habitat.

 

[tilerman]

Thats a great idea, had not thought of that. We recently had a tree cut down so we are going to to exactly that. Thankyou

 

[Diyisfun]

Dig a hole, put concrete in hole, cover hole with soil that was removed.
Put extra soil as required on top, will be a raised bed or get rocks make rockery.
I buried my concrete (not as much as yours), put sleepers round 3 sides slopped the 4th side back to the garden & put some rocks on.Looks ok to me.

 

[ursamajor]

Is there any chance of a photo or two so that we can see what we're dealing with?