Ihave seen dull city nursery yards transformed into islands of greenery, with walls and chain-link fences covered in climbing plants, and big tubs and window boxes full of foliage and flowers. However, this is obviously not the easiest situation. You may find it hard enough to find sufficient space for play equipment, let alone a whole lot of tubs.
You would be very unlucky, however, if you couldn't at least put a few narrow rectangular tubs against a sunny wall. Perhaps you could maximise their use by planting some climbing plants and creating a vertical garden! Evergreen climbers have leaves all year (see box), and you could grow colourful annual plants in front of them.
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