Get in touch with school, Headmaster should sort problem out. Had exactly the same prob with my drive, and also litter dropping.Contacted School,it was soon sorted. I was all for dragging them into back garden and hanging them, but the wife suggested this might be a bit severe .

kids will be kids how about a picket fence round your garden ? if not the council here have revitalised the town centre including gravel that has had a clear glue mixed in with it so its worth asking them thow id say that would be very expensive. another way round it is to have your drive cemented and sprinkle gravel into it which would be much cheaper .

Its no good, I'm going to have to ask - what do you mean instead of "raisin"? Which is a dried fruit...

Thinks sideways Bamboo .. try 'resin.'

Well I'll admit I'm not up to par today, having a sore throat, blah, blah, but I couldn't think of anything that would - resin would though.
The answer to your question, Elgin, is no, there's nothing that will stick it all down other than setting a thin layer in cement.

Actually, I think the resin idea would work. I've seen what looked like a gravel topping round trees planted in holes in the pavement, but if poked with a foot, none of the little stones could move. We came to the conclusion that they had been tumbled in resin and place in a thin layer over the earth. As it's not very thick we thought rain would be able to percolate through to the roots of the trees.

We've used resin for various projects in the business we used to run. We used it to make shower trays for awkwardly shaped bathrooms, to floor a wet room, and for roofing repairs. It is often used on flat or gently sloping roofs. And it's used for small boat building, making surf boards and cast plant containers for example. It's a really useful material.

I'm sure Elgin would be able to obtain a small amount, maybe a couple of litres plus a little catalyst. It's used in various crafts, like making ornaments, for example. He/ she could tumble some of the gravel in the resin and spread it in a thin layer on the gravel area where the kids can reach in.

Yea, I've seen that round trees in the pavement too, but whatever it is, it must be porous, and resin wouldn't be, would it. Might ring my local council next week just out of curiosity - though judging by other contacts with them, I could be a year trying to find the right person to speak to...

http://www.elichem.co.uk/p-14-aggregate-gravel-bonding-resin.aspx

I did a google search and most of the links mention needing a hard surface (i.e. concrete) base on which to place the gravel/resin mix.

There are some pdf downloads about the requirements if you use the link above and scroll down.

It will be interesting to know if you are successful in finding a product to use. I did learn from some other websites that you can get porous resin (as used around the base of trees)

Good luck!

it isnt pouras as it is a clear resin .

We tried various resins and acrylic emulsions here for that, and they kept killing the surrounding landscape and poisoning the soil as they decayed in the sun and heat. Gave it up as a bad job in the 80's.

Oh dear, it seems I have given incorrect information....I was getting confused as some of the products say they are ok for tree pits but in looking back in my search history it seems all say you need a firm base to start with....having soil and gravel would not be suitable from what I can understand.

Thanks for thumbs down NP....I wonder if a solution will be found for Elgin? Hope so.

well the places in thetford town centre famous for episodes of dads army wear its used is actualy round the trees that grow round the car park . id imagine whistonlass that these products have been made safe these days . id personaly still go with pebbledashed cement to keep the price down .look at some of the weed killers from the 80,s they were terrible . i worked rasing chickens and the weed killer we used then killed weeds for months if not years and i mean within days and any form of life weed wise . i think things have to be a lot more bio friendly these days . whistonlass is right i . you do need hard standing before the gravel so you may as well just use gravel and cement .

The council here have planted trees and surrounded them with chippingss set in resin. They resurfaced another area recently with a huge mature tree in the middle with a large area of resined chippings around its foot(now also sprinkled with chewing gum). They were talking about rules for making future hard surfaces permeable. A friend recently had the larger garden gravel thrown at him from the top of a bus....it hit his head while cycling. He boarded the bus and dealt with it in his way. It is sad folks.....but try not to provide the yobs with easy ammunition to annoy other people.

Hi Elgin, they can be little buggers, can't they. Can't see Railmad's idea of going to the head doing any good, once out of school they are no longer the schools responsibility - so they say!
I saw gravel 'glued down' at Aberdeen Airport a couple of weeks ago. It was in the beer garden at the front of the airport; there was a thoughtful planting of shrubs amongst the gravel and it all looked very good and low maintenance.
I don't know how it was done but it is possible.

like i say kids will be kids .

It is such a shame that bored kids cause so much trouble. Reach over the wall...handful of gravel and fling. Perhaps a double row of paving stones might make it less enticing. Or dot some more stones over that area so that gathering gravel is not easy. Or go to the joke shop and get some imitation dog poo......that might make them less eager to touch the gravel!!!!!

Maybe the little fence along the front will be the quickest and easiest solution.

Electric?

lol :-)

razer wire maybe lol

Well Dorjac I have two dogs and the thought crossed my mind and put real poo down. ha ha. I wont tho.!. Thankyou everybody for the Ideas I am off to B &Q sometime this week.I think maybe the paving stones might be the best option. Let you know what I decide. Just a bit disappointing that this has happened as I was so proud of myself managing the task as my hubby not able now. Oh well not to worry keeps me on the go. THANKS to all

just got to make it a bit hard to reach your stones . it will look nice with 2 rows of 18" slabs all round i think .