Man disgruntled with state of town's roads fills potholes - with flowers - video Dailymotion

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A decorator and landscaper fed up with the pothole-riddled roads in his town has  taken to the streets to fill them - with flowers.  Harry Smith-Haggett, 22, found himself particularly perturbed by the potholes plaguing his town of Horsham in West Sussex.  So Harry decided to take matters into his own hands and fill the potholes, but with a twist.  He planted little pots of flowers into the existing potholes creating what he has dubbed as "pretty potholes."  Harry, founder of the decorating and landscaping firm HSH Services, said: "The road standards around me had been winding me up for quite some time.

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00:00Good evening TikTok, back with another emergency pothole fix this evening. I'm

00:05just fixing these potholes on a late night call out in Horsham. Topsoil in

00:09there, flowers planted and we're even going that extra mile tonight we're

00:13gonna water them as well. Beauty. These ones are falling over a bit but we'll

00:18give them a bit of a water there and we'll just pack all that in nicely in

00:24that pothole there. Beautiful. Moving straight on to this next one over here.

00:32Soil in the pothole there. One of your French marigolds, just tear the bottom of

00:39that off there, pack it nicely into the soil, maybe a little bit more soil as

00:45well and a little water up there as well for that and we're gonna continue this

00:52for all these potholes around here.

00:58Bit of soil in the pothole. Lovely yellow on that, beautiful that is. Pack her in there, pack her in there

01:11nicely, give her a spruce. Beautiful. Plenty more potholes, saving Britain slowly.

01:21And on TikTok we are back with another Pretty Potholes and as requested I've got my

01:26high-vis, my Pretty Potholes high-vis. Got my initials tucked up on the front there.

01:32Today we are at Pease Pottage Service Station for a Pretty Potholes special.

01:38We've got an absolute rim wrecker here. So what we're gonna do is just expose this a little bit.

01:45Loads of public around to see this one. Beautiful. Dig that out there.

01:55Beautiful hydrangea this time. Into the pothole there.

02:02In with that drill with a small amount of soil.

02:11Come along with my trowel and just pack all of that in nicely around that pothole.

02:16That is beautiful that is. Absolutely lovely.

02:24Don't forget, don't forget to water them up. Pretty Potholes.

02:35And there we have it. Beautiful. See you later.

02:41TikTok, welcome back to another Pretty Potholes.

02:44Another absolute rim wrecker that we're gonna sort out here today.

02:48Premium topsoil in the pothole.

02:53Got a bit of a bogger. Here's a bit of a bogger. Look at that.

02:57I don't know what this plant's called but it is a beauty.

03:01Whatever we're working with there.

03:04Pack this pothole nicely up with a flower there.

03:09Oh, we are a bit wet. That will allow our roots to sprout up nicely in there I think.

03:16Wreck away that a little bit there. Pack her in.

03:22And that's a wrap.

Man disgruntled with state of town's roads fills potholes - with flowers

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