It isn't just the routine maintenance by public authorities though that can obviously add to the problem.  It is too easy to blame everyone else.  If we are going to slow the amount of run off water down as it hits the sewers we have to do more to reduce the amount of hard surfacing around us and work out where the water on our properties runs to. People have been busy concreting and tarmacking over gardens for years to make easy parking and patios despite any planning and building regulation restrictions.  There have even been rules that you can't replace non-porous with non-porous and we ignore these at our peril. It is also easy to think that paving and pots will make the maintenance of gardens easier but it isn't always the case.  The amount of energy, effort and water that gets used with high pressure hoses cleaning patios and damaging pointing must be enormous - not to mention all the effort made and chemicals used to try and remove any spotting on paving becomes extreme.  I suspect raised beds that you can sit or lean on the side of are probably better.  It is so sad to see front gardens completely paved over when there could easily be some easy to maintain shrubs or climbers as well. Pots and window-boxes - well you often see those with dead plants in them. They are absolutely wonderful and can be a joy for those who pass by as well as for those who succeed but if you don't want to give them a lot of time and attention watering you really need to get the type and size of container, type of compost and planting just right. There are various sources of help online including the Royal Horticultural Society.  There have been and are good TV programmes too.  I remember going to a talk some years ago by Gay Search who wrote some books specifically on small front gardens and that was inspirational.

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
Flood Warnings	25/07/21 17:56:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Flood Warnings	25/07/21 19:39:00	Jonathan Callaway
Re:Re:Flood Warnings	25/07/21 19:42:00	Freddie Francis
Re:Re:Re:Flood Warnings	25/07/21 23:05:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re:Re:Re:Flood Warnings	26/07/21 01:15:00	Ed Robinson
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Flood Warnings	26/07/21 09:39:00	Freddie Francis
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Flood Warnings	26/07/21 10:08:00	Ed Robinson
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Flood Warnings	26/07/21 11:31:00	Freddie Francis
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Flood Warnings	26/07/21 11:31:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Flood Warnings	26/07/21 17:19:00	Ed Robinson
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Flood Warnings	26/07/21 18:54:00	Matt Palmer
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Flood Warnings	26/07/21 23:43:00	Freddie Francis
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Flood Warnings	27/07/21 08:17:00	Matt Palmer
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Flood Warnings	27/07/21 11:40:00	Freddie Francis
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Flood Warnings	27/07/21 11:55:00	Matt Palmer
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Flood Warnings	27/07/21 12:00:00	Freddie Francis
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Flood Warnings	27/07/21 12:08:00	Matt Palmer
Re:Flood Warnings:  We can't see any more thunder storms forecast	26/07/21 13:50:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re:Floods and Front Gardens	26/07/21 22:41:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re:Re:Floods and Front Gardens	27/07/21 15:18:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re:Re:Re:Floods and Front Gardens	27/07/21 15:40:00	Judy Allen
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Floods and Front Gardens	27/07/21 15:54:00	Philippa Bond
Reply	27/07/21 17:10:00	Michael Ixer
Re:Reply	27/07/21 18:34:00	Judy Allen
Reply	27/07/21 18:56:00	Michael Ixer
Re:Reply  The thunder storms continue...	28/07/21 20:13:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re:Reply  The thunder storms continue...	29/07/21 16:26:00	Philippa Bond

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