Privacy in a garden is something not all of us can have. Especially in new build houses, they can feel built a bit on top of each other.
We can explain a few ideas that involves using plants that will provide privacy.
Good garden design Warwickshire combined with landscapers Warwickshire and landscapers Solihull are the key. Where ever you are located we guarantee a lot of people face the same problem.
Screen Windows with Trees
One of the most common request to us is how to stop a neighbour’s first-floor window peeking over a fence. This is quite a common worry.
The obvious answer is to plant a run of trees along a fence. However with small gardens this just is not realistic.
The solution is that it can be simply blocked off by a 4-5m tree.
Trees, on the other hand, can only be screened from one or two perspectives. The window may still be seen from another angle in your garden, so we need to decide which spot inside your garden you wish to screen.
4-5m trees provide rapid coverage and will increase as they mature; they can also be readily moved into position by two individuals. Planting a tree further into the garden will result in extra height from the tree owing to perspective.
When choosing trees and shrubs for a small garden, we take into account their mature height and spread.
Our landscapers will not just stick to a back fence, since this will result in a two-dimensional effect.
We have learnt staggering planting at varied depths will get the most out of privacy planting; this will make the space feel more fascinating and add depth to the garden.
Privacy Screening for Low Walls and Fences
Some gardens have very low neighbouring boundaries, necessitating the requirement for rapid privacy.
Small, trained pleach trees are good.
Pleached trees feature long, slender stems and horizontally trained branches. Pleaching is a training method that involves pruning the crown and anchoring budding branches to a framework.
They are frequently cultivated to have clear stems ranging from 90cm to 2m, and the tree’s canopy is trained flat, so they do not take up much space or provide too much shade.
These are ideal for creating an instant stilted hedge as they are widely known. Hedging, such as Cherry Laurel or clumping Bamboo, is an effective way to conceal a fence or ugly wall.
Both are evergreen, rapidly growing, and readily maintained at a specific height and spread. Trellis fencing with seasonal or evergreen climbers is an option to removing the edge of brickwork.
By providing garden design Warwickshire we are frequently questioned about the optimal planting spacing between stilts screening trees.
The answer is totally dependant on how quickly you want to create a screen and how much you want to spend doing it. 1m planting centres provide pretty immediate seclusion; 1.5m will create minor gaps between the trees, which should fill out in 1-2 years after planting, and so forth.
Above Fence Screening Trees: Practical Considerations
Evergreen trees are ideal because they give year-round cover.
On the other hand, they are typically slower growing, resulting in a greater price tag. A large number of them in one area might be overwhelming. Our landscapers Solihull or Warwickshire will plan to space them out among other seasonal trees.
We never underestimate non-evergreen/deciduous trees’ screening qualities; while they may lose some of their leaves, their trunks and branch structure can still provide some screening or even reduce the appearance of something unpleasant. Ornamental pear is a deciduous tree that is the first to leaf in the spring and one of the last to shed its leaves in the autumn.