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New Garden,boundary suggestions please ?
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Hi folks I will shortly be starting a new (rear) garden measuring 10M deep by 29M wide which has been carved out of a field used for grazing sheep. The garden has a boundary with the remaining field consisting of a 3 foot heigh wire fence with wooden fence posts topped by a strand of barbed wire. I would like to keep the views of the field and trees in the distance while hiding the fence so don't want to plant 30ft leylandii as a hedge. Also since the garden looks like a narrow strip while viewed against the field have you any suggestions on giving the garden an illusion of some depth. The side garden also measures 10M by 30M that will be bounded by a wooden fence. Thanks Paul |
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New Garden,boundary suggestions please ?
Go for some trees down one side with some woodland edge shrubs to fill in
the gaps That will keep it looking natural I would put the trees down the sode of the prevailing wind so hopefully you will get soem benefit of shelter from the elements. The other sides you sould use Hawthorns and .Hazels. These trees can be used in their shrub form by copicing to keep them at waist or shoulder height (whatever suits your fancy). Heres some background reading http://www.rfs.org.uk/thirdlevel.asp...SecondLevel=18 "Me" wrote in message ... Hi folks I will shortly be starting a new (rear) garden measuring 10M deep by 29M wide which has been carved out of a field used for grazing sheep. The garden has a boundary with the remaining field consisting of a 3 foot heigh wire fence with wooden fence posts topped by a strand of barbed wire. I would like to keep the views of the field and trees in the distance while hiding the fence so don't want to plant 30ft leylandii as a hedge. Also since the garden looks like a narrow strip while viewed against the field have you any suggestions on giving the garden an illusion of some depth. The side garden also measures 10M by 30M that will be bounded by a wooden fence. Thanks Paul |
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New Garden,boundary suggestions please ?
On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 20:21:58 -0000, "Philip"
wrote: Go for some trees down one side with some woodland edge shrubs to fill in the gaps That will keep it looking natural I would put the trees down the sode of the prevailing wind so hopefully you will get soem benefit of shelter from the elements. The other sides you sould use Hawthorns and .Hazels. These trees can be used in their shrub form by copicing to keep them at waist or shoulder height (whatever suits your fancy). Heres some background reading http://www.rfs.org.uk/thirdlevel.asp...SecondLevel=18 Thanks for the suggestions, also a very interesting web site. Thanks Paul |
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