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in urban areas where parking spaces are at a premium and there's a lack of availability of public transport. The popularity of low-maintenance gardens among the time-poor is also a factor. The RHS estimates around 12 square miles of London are lost

, sandy, silty, loam or clay - and how much maintenance you are able to do.  Some plants look after themselves, others need regular pruning, shaping, dead-heading. Do you see it from your windows or just when out in the garden?  That makes a difference

to having an allotment will inevitably mean a reappraisal of your garden at home. The most sensible thing to do is to make the garden as low-maintenance as possible, while still keeping the whole space a pleasant place to relax with family and friends.If you

. Architects, it seems, aspire to build tidy well-groomed, low-maintenance houses. And we, presumably, aspire to live in them. Notice how green it all is. Not brown. Green. But this is a wildlife desert. The wild life has been erased.The greenwashing

shrubs and trees, no bedding plants, small lawn and free ranging chickens, so it is fairly low maintenance. However, I'm ashamed to confess that I pay my next door neighbour (who runs a garden maintenance business) to keep it under control. I do some

, which will contain plants and up lighters. We’ll be capping the lower cavity with dark wood so it can act as some casual seating. Now we need to look at the rest of the garden… as we have a young family we’re looking for something that’s low maintenance

Verbena bonariensisVerbena bonariensis flowers on tall, wiry stems and can be planted with a variety of different perennials, including grasses. It has a long flowering season, making it an ideal plant for low-maintenance gardens and herbaceous

in Southampton, making a nice new flower bed from scratch. There are 2 of us and we have added a few low maintenance plants to make a bit of colour for commuters to see in nice free draining soil in a sunny site.   Really-which station? Hi it's Sholing station

tall. Many thanks, William.  A mixed hedge of hawthorn, holly, and quickthorn would be a lot more friendly for the wild life, giving them cover and nesting sites, and a burglar proof barrier for you. Once grown it's fairly low maintenance, once a year

on planting in big pots to sit on the bark, but I don't know what will do well in medium sized pots in the shade.  I guess a couple of hardy shrubs would be best, but would prefer flowering.  Ideally evergreen and low maintenance, max 5ft tall.  I don't want