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Is there a grass so tough and hardy that it will survive/thrive even wit ha bunch of wheelie bins parked on it?

I live in a townhouse complex and we keep our wheelie bins on a common area of about 3mx3m that started off as dirt covered by tanbark and now after a few years is just dirt covered in...dusty dirt.

This is not visually or practically ideal. One option is to replace it with stabilised gravel (which apparently might stay in place even with wheelie bins being wheeled over it) however that has an associated cost.

Another option is to just make it a little grassy area. However, I don't know if there is a grass that is so tough and hardy that you can park wheelie bins on top of it and it will be fine. When people talk about hardy tough grass they tend to either talk about foot traffic or weather. There won't be much foot traffic but there will be big hunks of plastic on top of parts of the grass for 95% of the time.

Is there such a grass? Does anyone have any other ideas?

[u/LawnSolutionsAu → u/[deleted]]

Hi u/Jacross,

If the wheelie bins are going to be parked on the area, the grass will struggle as it does need sunlight to thrive. I would suggest looking at an alternate ground cover like some pavers or gravel where the bins will sit, then look at turfing the surrounding areas.