The concrete is the one for me, I now live in Asia and they use concrete for everything and it looks terrible when it ages or gets' dirty.Correct. They look and absolute mess.
Which I brought to the attention of Bev Craig, the leader of MCC, via Twitter. Predictably she never replied. Obviously She has bigger trees to plant and to worry about.
I’ll try and dig out the landscaping plans from the PA if I have time this week.
But people have now started "distressing it" adding a laquer on top with a slight blackish tint, the difference to me is night and day, it gives an industrial look and looks very cool.