See, there's my bottles to deter the cats. The idea is they dont like the moving water and reflection. The sticks are rose and bramble thorns. behind the strange mini willow thing is the pea shingle that I dug up. it now has the alpines in it and it will have the house leaks too. It will mean you can still get to the meters but there is some nice green ground cover. I might put a couple of big stones for feet so they can get to the meter without stepping on plants.