Creative Ideas To Lift Your Gloomy Spots

Check out these creative ideas you can use to lift your gloomy spots into scenes of glory

1 TAKE A CLOSER LOOK!

Cracked concrete may be an eyesore to you, but to some small creeping plants, such as the native violet or dichondra, it’s an opportunity! These shade lovers can suck all the nutrients they need from deep beneath such harsh surfaces.

2 RAISE THE FAKE STAKES

Sometimes you can cheat a bit! Treat your walls like blank canvases and paint the facade of an old building on them, adding extra foliage to create the illusion your little potted garden is bigger than it really is.

Fix that troublesome spot in your garden – say a side passage that is too shady or windy – with inspiration from Melbourne’s iconic lanes. Once glum, grim and grisly, they still had enough character for imaginative souls to turn them into bustling, creative commercial and artistic hubs and innovative inner-city digs. Now they’ve added a third dimension. Greening the laneways has breathed new life into these dark, dank nooks. And they present a wealth of ideas for you to transform that corner you’ve put in the best-be-forgotten basket, including amazing murals – a great project for a budding artist.

3 HANG ’EM HIGH