Content
- Small garden: space-saving privacy screen for compact garden oases
- Do not underestimate the space requirement of sight protection hedges
- Solid visual protection variants made of different materials
- Provide privacy with a narrow screen of plants
- Tips
A planted fence made of wood offers a naturally beautiful screen
Small garden: space-saving privacy screen for compact garden oases
In a rather compact garden it is often not easy to create the necessary privacy for a relaxing atmosphere. In order to find the right balance between foreclosure and openness in the design, different materials and plant species should be considered.
Do not underestimate the space requirement of sight protection hedges
Screen hedges are usually planted as young plants as a natural screen, which will only provide the desired privacy effect over the years. However, this procedure not only entails that the respective garden owner must be very patient. Often, the space requirement of adult plants such as cherry laurel and spruce is also underestimated that later space problems are unavoidable. Tree and shrubby willowy hedges are usually at least one meter wide, but can also claim a width of about two meters in old age. This results in the all-around enclosure of a garden with 10 x 10 meters side length a hedge length of 40 meters and thus about 40 square meters minimum space requirement. This area should be useful in a small garden usually useful.
Solid visual protection variants made of different materials
There are different ways to visually differentiate a garden property with solid materials and at the same time to protect against lateral gusts of wind:
But there are also reasons that speak against the listed screen variants. Often, high costs, local building regulations or unsustainable subsoil can be arguments against these quite massive types of screen walls.
Provide privacy with a narrow screen of plants
The widespread hedge plant Thuja occidentalis emerald grows tight upright in columnar form and rarely becomes wider than about half a meter without regular pruning at the base. A living screen can also be realized with an appropriate climbing facility and attractively flowering climbing plants. With a rhizome barrier or in pots, various bamboo species can not only provide privacy in the Japanese garden in a decorative way.
Tips
In the trend-setting "urban gardening" is the horizontal cultivation of various types of fruit and vegetables in the focus, because it requires only a small footprint. Strongly ripening beans are suitable as a seasonal screen and bring delicious yield. If you prefer a more permanent version, you can also have a climbing aid with grape vines or winter hardy kiwi plants.