I would make that space into a vegetable or flower garden. Maybe a mixture of both. I.d dig out the grass between and buy planters big enough to go over the lids. Vegetables or flowers can go in the planters and between the rows of lids. Leave enough room on each side of the lids to mulch beside the lids. Plant in the space between the lids and mulch where there are not plants.

The planters can be lifted to the mulch area when you need access and the mulch will unify the area

thank you. I will only be able to plant flowers, nothing edible due to contaminating from the septic field. do you have photos to help guide me in a what the garden could look like?

https://www.google.com/search?q=landscape+with+septic+covers&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjMovmTnYvoAhVSLKwKHblCBlIQsAR6BAgKEAE&biw=1920&bih=937

Lots of great ideas in the pictures. They even make a fake rock to go over them.

So some of the covers are just laying on the ground beside the openings? It would not be so overwhelming if you would set all of the tops on top of the openings and re do the picture. They are in a straight line in 3 sections. You could build raised beds on legs and plant herbs and flowers.

I would wall that area off with a decorative fencing. an arbor gate, 4 foot tall and have a mini secret garden area with raised beds on short legs, a bench over an area of covers, some large pots of tall tree like plantings (shrubs trimmed up to look like little trees).

If you make the raised beds large enough to cover the covers but small/light enough that 2 people can pick them up and move them out of the way for maintenance. You can put a lot of plants in a 2 ft by 2 ft square so they are overflowing the edges. Garden tubs of heavy plastic or rubbermaid type tubs can be set inside of a wood frame with wooden cross supports to hold the tubs can be easily built.

Use this for inspiration- https://www.wayfair.com/Adams-Manufacturing-Corporation--Resin-Planter-Box-9302-L349-K~ADMF1000.html?refid=GX309066191684-ADMF1000_36645844&device=c&ptid=650088038796&network=g&targetid=pla-650088038796&channel=GooglePLA&ireid=6893078&fdid=1817&PiID%5B%5D=36645844&gclid=CjwKCAiAzJLzBRAZEiwAmZb0apfAnXGWwEPPdsP_j171JhrgoKwKXAeJAB4kkCPisJ0BvKAV0sd6bRoC7IkQAvD_BwE

Move all of the children's play equipment to another area.

We have two in our yard and are getting artifical turf cut to the size of the cover to go on top. It won't look perfect but will definitely be better than seeing them.

kaydeen....just wondering if you found a solution for your septic covers since last year? We are having the same issue.

tempe110 we decided to build the world's largest deck😆 we are building a 3 level deck along the house and extending over the septic covers (that area will be floating deck with access hatch doors)

Move all of the children's play equipment to another area.

Ding!

All that stuff was way more homely than the lids.

Is that really the advice? Most people with kids have stuff in yard for kids to play with. It was a foolish comment the first time and still is the second

Why didn't they bury the lids and place grass on top? Is this a local code or something? My septic tanks are buried underground, lid and all. I couldn't even tell you where the exact location of the lids are. The local tank cleaning company's use a metal detector to find the lid and dig it up to clean the tanks.

here's the drawing for the deck we're building to cover the 7 septic lids. over the next few years we hope to turn the "existing deck" portion into a 3 or 4 seasons room. but the most important thing was to cover those ugly lids