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Planting to reduce traffic noise
Hello. I'm new to the site and looking for advice. We've recently moved into a new house in Suffolk with a very large garden. It's about 30 yards from a fairly busy B road. We have lawn of about 10 yards so have space to put in quite a lot of planting. I'd prefer overlapping evergreen hedging of different types. Googling came up with laurel as being best to ameliorate noise. I know nothing will block it out but a wall or earth bund which are not feasible. I'd be grateful for any suggestions (other than move house!). Thank you.
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Planting to reduce traffic noise
In article , Carrie writes: | | Hello. I'm new to the site and looking for advice. We've recently moved | into a new house in Suffolk with a very large garden. It's about 30 | yards from a fairly busy B road. We have lawn of about 10 yards so have | space to put in quite a lot of planting. I'd prefer overlapping | evergreen hedging of different types. Googling came up with laurel as | being best to ameliorate noise. I know nothing will block it out but a | wall or earth bund which are not feasible. I'd be grateful for any | suggestions (other than move house!). Thank you. 30 yards is not a lot for acoustic shielding. Ignore that about laurel - the shielding is pro rata to the leaf mass, so laurel is good but anything else with heavy, evergreen leaves is good, too. However, anything like that will shut out a lot of light, too. Which direction is the road from you? Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Planting to reduce traffic noise
In article , Carrie writes: | | However, anything like that will shut out a lot of light, too. | Which direction is the road from you? | | Thank you for the reply. The road is to the west and obviously I'd not | want to block the light - good point. You have to balance the constraints, then. A hedge 15' high, or even 10', of something with heavy, evergreen leaves, will help. Depending on where you are, there are lots of suitable plants; even the dreaded leylandii would do, if you keep it properly trimmed EVERY year. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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