Can you share a picture of the covers?

Here are some pics. The manhole covers are below grade so I was thinking whiskey barrel planters might do a good job of covering and keeping people from tripping in the holes. We also have a rectangular pump chamber cover that we would want to cover with something else. We would need these accessible from time to time so we want to make sure whatever we cover them with is relatively easy to move.

There are now some decent looking looking plastic whiskey barrel planters that are lighter than the traditional ones. They still get heavy when filled with soil. We fill part of the planters with empty plastic containers of various types/sizes (quart plastic milk bottle, etc.) before adding soil so they are lighter. The trick is to make sure you have enough soil to grow what you want to plant, places between the containers with some soil and to remember you need to water more often than barrels without the plastic filler. We have also moved them using a hand truck. It is a little tricky to get them up and balanced and three people helps to keep them that way.

Oh that's a great idea to partially fill with empty bottles. I had thought of packing peanuts but worried about mold or decay. I might try this.

Erin, I need to get in contact with you about your builder and would like to know if you ever went to court. We are in a similar situation with the same builder. I'm not sure how to send direct messages on here or private messages. thank