The Chatto Wood development certainly looks a much better option than many of the 'low maintenance' plantings I see around the housing developments up here. I've heard others talk about growing in sand but never tried it. So thanks for the further information - and perhaps an experiment for one of my containers next year.
I recently saw a talk by John Little of the grass roof company who was also advocating sand as a fantastic medium to grow in but also provides habitat for lots of types of ground nesting bees amongst other insects.
The Chatto Wood development certainly looks a much better option than many of the 'low maintenance' plantings I see around the housing developments up here. I've heard others talk about growing in sand but never tried it. So thanks for the further information - and perhaps an experiment for one of my containers next year.
I recently saw a talk by John Little of the grass roof company who was also advocating sand as a fantastic medium to grow in but also provides habitat for lots of types of ground nesting bees amongst other insects.
Absolutely - the bare sand being perfect ground nesting bees - I think he has areas of bare sand at Hilltop purely for bees. Such a fascinating medium