4 Ways to Create Privacy with Hedging

Gardens are a great place to escape to for some peace and quiet but they’re not exactly relaxing if you’re being overlooked by a busy road or a nosey neighbour. Installing a fence may solve the issue of privacy but a screening hedge requires much less maintenance, changing through the seasons without needing a coat of paint and it has so much more to offer with noise reducing properties, wildlife value and not forgetting they are much more aesthetically pleasing than a fence.

We have a range of different plants available that make great screens for privacy and they don’t take up much space so are perfect even for small gardens.

Our range of instant hedges are available in all your favourite species, including Box, Beech and Hawthorn. True to their name they are an easy way to achieve ‘instant’ coverage without waiting for the plants to grow and knit together, all this has been done prior to you planting – they’ve even been pruned into shape! You can use instant hedging to section your garden to create a secluded area or plant along a boundary for a mature, established hedge that would take between 2-5 years to achieve the same appearance with another root type. Instant hedging is the perfect choice for impact and coverage without the wait.

Not only do these fantastic hedges provide instant screening but as the Ivy plants are grown on a galvanised steel frame, they are also great for security purposes. Reaching a height of 1.8m, they can easily block out unsightly views and prevent surrounding properties from overlooking your private space. If you’re looking for a living fence that will create an attractive, environmentally beneficial feature in your garden, Ivy screens are the way to go.

There are so many options to choose from when it comes to screening plants that there’s guaranteed to be something to suit your requirements, whether it be a secret haven at the end of a garden or a tall boundary screen to block out an unsightly view. Screening hedges can be evergreen or deciduous, colourful or spikey, dense and bushy or tall and slim and are available in a range of heights and root types. And, as hedges for screening are so cost effective, they’re a great way to achieve privacy on a budget.

Used in many European gardens during the 19th century, pleached trees or hedging on stilts as they are also known, are a decorative way to add architectural height and structure to your garden. The foliage is trained to create a screen and our pleached trees offer an attractive display, dense enough to provide privacy cover. Frequently used in The Cheslea Flower Show during recent years, pleached hedging will provide you with the ultimate, private show garden.

So don’t put up with next door’s washing line ruining your secluded escape, plant one of our privacy screening options and block out everything but the colour and fragrance offered by your garden.