Garden design challenges: how to create privacy from neighbours
Ugly walls, bad fences, terrible views and no privacy - does your garden suffer from any of these? This week, we take a look at some solutions in the first 'Common Garden Design Conundrum'
Welcome to the first of the Common Garden Design Conundrums, where I’ll be covering a number of seemingly-impossible garden design challenges
However much we love our neighbours, there comes a point when we do need a bit of privacy in our garden, where we can relax and let it all hang out
Here’s a taster of just a few of the subjects that I’m going to be covering over the next few months:
How to create privacy
How to screen bins and a bad view
How to cope with wet soils
How to garden with children and play in mind
How to deal with a shady garden
How to deal with areas that are hot and dry
How to deal with a sloping garden
How to design your front garden
How to deal with a wide and shallow garden
How to deal with a long narrow garden
If you’ve got a garden challenge that isn’t listed here, let me know in the Comments, and I’ll write about it:
This week, we’re taking a look at these three Privacy challenges, which, let’s face it, most of us have come up against at one time or another:
Privacy from neighbours overlooking - are there windows which mean neighbours can look into your garden from their house?
Privacy from neighbours next door - are your boundaries low or non-existent?
Screening an eyesore - is there something you can see from your garden which is downright ugly?
However much we love our neighbours, there comes a point when we do need a bit of privacy in our garden, where we can relax, let it all hang out, and, however Scrooge-like it may sound, not have to see little faces appearing and disappearing as a trampoline is enjoyed. These gardens in the images below all faced privacy issues of some sort - an ugly fence, proximity to a play area, a looming wall, a derelict garage, views into bathroom windows, views from many window.
Do any of these privacy challenges strike a chord with you?
Fear not: we’re now going to take a look at how to deal with each one:
