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Great ideas. I'd assume there to be sand under the tiles. Probably good for wild flowers that thrive on poor soil.
You might want to have small warm light strips around the space too!
I second this. My space has a couple small but well established fruit trees that I adore and definitely dont want to remove. It took almost 2 years before I realised I couldnt get anything to grow because the fruit trees just choke them out before they could get established.
I've been using large pots, sometimes partially burried in the ground and it's working out. Even though I find the fruit trees will send roots up into the pot, they dont get in there until the other plants can get established.
I plan this year on transplanting some flowers into the same space they occupy, but without the pot and we'll see how they do now they're well established in that volume of soil.