On Friday, September 19, 2014 4:51:05 PM UTC-7, Brooklyn1 wrote:
Jeff Layman wrote:

Hypatia Nachshon wrote:



I was also going to suggest a vine for the brick wall. A brick wall

is a valuable thing! Depending on your climate, even just plain ivy

would do well, if not too much sun exposure. But if you'd like a

flowering vine --that might grow quickly -- your local nursery is the

best place to ask. Having viewed your brick wall in pic, I'd

strongly endorse the vine option.



I assume the OP is in the UK. That brick wall is not his property, and,

without the permission of the owner, he cannot do anything to it without

risking legal action. He might get away with planting ivy or, another

self-clinging plant at the base of the wall, and hope they grow up it,

but that's all. No hooks, wire, trellis, or even paint. In any case,

it would take years for any self-clinging climbing plant to cover a wall

of that size.



If not the poster's wall I'd suggest doing nothing to it... attach

nothing without permission, not even a vine... find out if the

property line allows enough land to grow a hedge or a row of some sort

of conifers that would hide the wall... but I don't think a brick wall

is so visually offensive... besides it was probably there all along so

it it offends the poster he shouldn't have moved there. I would

simply accept it until such time as one can move elsewhere, the wall

ain't going anywhere anytime soon.

This whole megillah about UK wall/property/access is hardly comprehensible to this Yank.

The only other contribution I could make to a situation which I cannot even begin to visualize has to do with the aesthetics of the brick wall. If, as some here aver, you cannot make any changes to it, e.g. even attach a vine, you could still consider the following:

Construct or acquire a large redwood structure -- trellis-type thingie -- to harmonize with the wood fence (is fence redwood?), and place it so as to mask the brick wall (which is not particularly attractive).

If you then construct a platform for your outdoor dining area out of the same material, you could end up with a harmonious whole.

Good luck!

HB