Lack of Privacy in Garden.

[Aquarius1234]

I don't like my garden, lack of privacy overlooked, terrace house.
Any ideas how to improve it ?
I hardly spend time in it or make it nicer for this reason.

Do you want to send a diagram or photo. Have you got lawn, borders, trees, shrubs.

As I said on your other thread. You need to give far more information and/or a photo.

6ft fence both side. Terrace houses surrounded.
No awning or anything. Tree in neighbours which shields one window opposite.

Here you go-
Don't like the fence on right. Thought about adding the horizontal cedar panels? But the cost it quite high apparently? Also if it's possible and worth it.

There's an element of expecting neighbours to politely overt their eyes in situations like this. In the summer, strategically placed umbrellas etc an be very helpful. We also do have the lattice topper things on the fences to make them a bit higher. A few taller bushes/plants around the edges don't make a huge difference in real life, but they make you feel less exposed.

You're lucky to already have 6ft fence boths sides, We've recently added some willow screening to our fences to make them a little bit higher and to cover them up as they're all mismatching and don't look nice. - was cheaper than replacing the fence which we can't afford at the mo. You could grow something up yours though - agree with PP that it can create an illusion of privacy if nothng else to have lots of stuff growing.

Could you build some kind of arbor to sit under? you could grow something up it. it would provide shade and a bit of privacy.

Could you put in a pergola & grow plants up/over it?
Otherwise, taller plants, shrubs & small trees. Grow plants up the fence.

Yeh as long as they don't grow too high.
Neighbours seem to hate it when plants grow over to their side. But it's really hard to trim them. Me or my relative don't want to go into their garden to do that really.

So anything easy that grows but not crazy or no more than 6 ft along the fences.

You could put some tall bamboo in pots along one side; could easily get something 6-7 feet tall, and 5-6 plants could cover several metres along your left hand fence and blur the view those 2 houses in the photo get. At our old place we also put in a couple of olive trees (I think they were about 6 foot tall when we got them), which can grow a foot per year.

I would put a pergola in with something like a grapevine growing over, or a small deciduous tree or trees (amelanchier, crabapple or the like). I would place the tree(s) within the garden, not along the edges. I wouldn't choose an evergreen tree because you only really want the privacy in the spring/summer and evergreen might make the garden too shady. You could have a shade sail over the patio in summer. Or as others have suggested an arbour seat as a smaller option.

Bamboo seems good. Do you mean planter pots along the grass next to other bushes on left. Someone else said at the end along the shed line ?
A tree in the middle end of garden would be good or two if they don't bash into each other.
I'd have to find someone to plant these things. I'm pretty weak at digging.

I was thinking in pots along the left hand side of the garden; basically blurring the view from those bedroom windows in the houses in the first photo. You'd want something fairly tall