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Garden screening you can’t see through!

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gardengardengarden · 26/05/2021 08:45

Morning gardeners!
I have a long stretch of garden to screen off from passers by, maybe 20 metres? I bought some reed screening as a test but you can see straight through it so a bit useless for my purposes. What might be a cost effective way to do this, do you think? Long term am growing some hedging - that & the v long distance involved means I’m trying to go with something economical rather than fancy Blush Does anyone have any ideas? Thank you. Smile

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Bluntness100 · 26/05/2021 08:49

Can you not put a fence in?

WeAreTheHeroes · 26/05/2021 08:56

My first thought was: do you mean a fence?

Other than trying a range of the cheaper screening options I don't have any better suggestions.

gardengardengarden · 26/05/2021 09:02

Sorry should have been clearer! There is a post & rail fence in the boundary but obviously people can see in to the garden. I could replace with proper fencing I guess, just that I’ve planted a hedge so really just wanted something cheap to screen us while that grows up. (And I already have a big long fence in the other side that I hate having to stain every once in a while!) Are any of the other screening type products (williow, bamboo etc) less see-through than the cheapo reed screening perhaps? Otherwise, yes, will maybe just have to put a fence up.

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Beebumble2 · 26/05/2021 09:19

We created a screened area for our bins out of the thicker split bamboo, that you can buy on a roll, it is difficult to see through.. We made a frame to attach it to, for more stability. I grow evergreen clematis on it.

SendARavenToRiverRun · 26/05/2021 09:22

We've got a similar problem. We bought black mesh screening from amazing. Literally a long roll that fixes on with tie wraps.
It's really ugly but will soon be covered with plants.
It's from amazon, been up a year or so and seems sturdy enough.
(Annoyingly it's out of stock atm!)

Bluntness100 · 26/05/2021 09:55

As there is already a fence there, what about that artificial hedging rolls you get, that you just cable tie on?

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