HELP! Garden Design Idea's for privacy & new shed
Good morning, we are looking for some idea's for privacy down a fence line, there was a row of conifers running down there originally but they have been removed by a neighbor and replaced with a fence. Ideally I don't want to go planting new so perhaps potted plants could work or any other idea's you may have? The fence line is pictured below. Eventually I wouldn't mind pulling the originally patio up and wall and laying a new patio down this side of the garden as this is where the sun in most of the day/evening. I dont want to get rid of all the grass completely either :).
The other question which I wouldn't mind some options on is an out house/shed. we currently have the shed pictured below on a concrete slab, this is accent! I'm looking for ideas for a new out building/shed to run along the back of the garden, I've been looking at twin skin ones from brick but don't want it too look like its just been plonked there, I've also been looking at wooden clad ones. Does anyone have any nice idea's of ones they've seen or have installed? Any help would be awesome thanks guys!
Cheers Guys :).
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PROKay Moden
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoHi Ashley,
Easiest way is to decorate it with pots - a combination of big & small plants will look great. You can also paint the piece of fence (highlighted in image below) in black to visually separate the space from the rest of the garden.
Regarding the outbuilding, do you need it just for storage or maybe an office space? Personally I'm an advocate for multi-purposed outbuildings, especially nowadays when working from home is such a big thing. If you can't find one on the market to your liking, consider designing one from scratch - the cool thing is that designing cost and building shouldnt be more than buying something of the shelf.
Few examples of pots design attached.
Andrei
mii2
3 years agoRelated Discussions
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Comments (3)Pleached trees in part might look odd, as they're best placed to reinforce a formal layout such as a path or a full length of a boundary. I'd consider a focal tree as it only looks a small landing window. A Birch, Acer, Amelanchier, Prunus or all good small to medium garden trees that you could buy at a reasonable size to start with. The other thing, pleached trees are expensive and need correct staking/guying to keep them in place. A generous patio outside the living room doors provides immediate seating outside the house, whilst a smaller patio area in the NE corner will optimise the evening sun. This then lends itself to an asymmetrical layout but perhaps with a central lawn which the an adjoining path takes you round, The lawn could be oval on a NW - SE axis with paved areas in the NE and SW corners with generous planting to the boundaries to provide a setting to the whole garden and hide the boundaries. Hope that helps. At least you have a blank canvas!...See MoreGarden space design dilemma + fence privacy
Comments (7)You need to know the orientation of your garden before you plant anything. Where do you get morning sun, where do you get evening sun? If you want to use the trellis you will have to put some tension wires along the wall to help your climber reach it, unless you grow something like ivy which will cling without support, but in the long term will undermine your wall. There are quick growing climbers and often younger plants take root quicker than larger ones, because the larger ones can resent being moved. Try not to be in too much of a hurry. Half the fun is in the doing and watching things grow....See More
Sonia
3 years agoI would take up the crazy paving along that fence, dig over the soil, adding compost to improve it a bit, then you can plant straight into the soil as you have done further up. Would that be an option? Although plants cope in a pot, they are much happier in the soil. I would be wary of planting forest trees in a pot, they will break out eventually. My silver birch tore through my neighbours pathways and had to be removed. 😓
As for the shed, I think cedar wood cabins are lovely. I don’t think they’re cheap but probably easier than a brick structure which needs footings etc. Something like this
Emily B
3 years agoSteph Pew
3 years agoI was thinking of fencing or trellising our patio to hide neighbours old ugly fence and give privacy. But instead bought 4 Bamboo plants that have now become 5 took out some paving slabs and recycled stones from another part of the garden. Love the look and sound of them and they seem to love the spot
Ashley Hopkin
3 years ago
1shanson
3 years agoI’ve seen some great large containers in TK Maxx Home. However they haven’t had their usual stock levels this year and it tends to be seasonal so Springtime might be a good time to look. I’ve also had large glazed pots from JTF and Costco but again, it’s seasonal. If you live near a location that hosts a Spring Flower Show/Home Show or similar, you might bag yourself a show discount if you can wait that long. Or if you are handy, make your own from decking boards. Below is one my hubby made me. I lined it with a waterproof liner to stop rot and painted it with Cuprinol Garden Shades - took a day to make and didn’t cost that much. If your budget is bigger I saw these lovely wood containers at the Living North Show at York Racecourse but unfortunately can’t remember the supplier but sure to be in the North East.
Eileen Grant
2 years agoAshley Hopkin
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoThank you very much guys, we have been looking at plating some plants up the back of the garden in this narrow section to hide the fence line. Any suggestions of what we could use?
also was thinking of digging up a section of soil down this fence line and plating root balled laurell bushes 2m high? about 7m total length. And trying to move the tose bushes without them dying!
Frank
2 years agoTim R. Harris
2 years agoNicola Mcalister
2 years agoAshley Hopkin
2 years ago
1shanson