A GARDENER'S SCRAPYARD
By ponty
20 comments
On a recent visit to Boulogne-Sur-Mer, we discovered that the car park in the central square of the old walled section has been turned into a novel garden in which old bangers have been “parked”, their roofs cut open and boot lids opened, to facilitate the planting of flowers, bushes and trees. A lovely, if unusual, environment to enjoy that lunchtime snack.
The entrance arch, partially obscured by Elaine, is decorated with van doors.
Car seats afford a little rest for visitors……
……and tables are made from steering wheels topped with plastic.
Another section across the street features a tractor…….
……bicycles – and a greenhouse built from broken windscreens.
On the way out of the city, they have even decorated a roundabout!
10 Nov, 2009
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Brilliant Ponty, I love it. Same as Bamboo I liked the car buried in the pavement. :~))
10 Nov, 2009
OMG !! What a Different Taste In Park Gardening !!! Thanx 4 Showing The Pics i really enjoyed them Ponty :)
10 Nov, 2009
What a novel idea. It looks fantastic. I particularly like the greenhouse.
10 Nov, 2009
Cor - my teenagers would finally like to visit this garden - they are mad on cars and I'm mad on gardens - not something that normally matches!!!
10 Nov, 2009
That was interesting and unusual. I liked the windscreen greenhouse.
10 Nov, 2009
Lovely blog Ponty ! Don't scrap your old car, plant it ! lol :~)
11 Nov, 2009
Some of the cars I've had in the past should have been planted before I bought them!
11 Nov, 2009
LOL ! I know the feeling ! ;~))
11 Nov, 2009
Pretentious, moi?
Nah, it's great, really......
;-)
11 Nov, 2009
That is fantastic, so different. When I need a new car I`ll just put plants in my old one, it should brighten up the drive...lol! ;o)
Sandra x
12 Nov, 2009
I should have done that years ago. Some of my old cars took root easily enough! :-))
12 Nov, 2009
Great blog and love the place itself. We like all that quirky type of stuff and the pics look brilliant!
Bet it was very interesting Ponty:0)
19 Nov, 2009
I like it , great blog , I love the way they make use of everything in france , I have a whole collection of their roundabouts .... .. Brilliant !
3 Dec, 2009
Truble is, if we did something like that on our roundabouts somebody would be bound to crash and wreck it!
3 Dec, 2009
LOL... yes Eddie ! you are right there , they don't go round them in Norfolk they go right over them ... :o)
3 Dec, 2009
I've just noticed that the car that's half buried in the paving is actually in better nick than mine...
5 Dec, 2009
I've had quite a few like that in my time Bamboo. If I'd kept them I'd have a wonderful garden now! :o))
5 Dec, 2009
Really funny! I lóve it!
I've sent it to several of my email contacts, one of them has already signed up on Growsonyou too.
Hilda (from Belgium, Flanders)
19 May, 2010
Thanks Hilda. I am sorry that I missed your comment and am late responding. The garden has now changed and I will be preparing an update when I have the time.
22 Jul, 2010
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Fantastic, or should I say fantastique! I love the car part buried in paving - all very quirky, more typical of British humour, seems I might have under estimated the French;-))
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