Portable garden privacy screening??? - is there such a thing?

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Does this exist? Something that you can put up temporarily above the height of your 2 metre garden fence - like a part-gazebo - but more 2-D, with just a screening canvas on 'legs' that you push into the ground, in front of your fence?

We need something fast, to help make our garden more private, as the neighbours children keep jumping up and down on their trampoline, looking over and calling over our fence. Don't want to involve an encounter with the neighbours and eventually, hope to grow tall climbers over fence.

But meanwhile, I'm desperate to find something - or even make something - that will add some extra height to the fence - but obviously in from our boundary, as we can't actually build a higher fence. Something you can put up for an afternoon in the garden and take down at night?

Someone somewhere must have sought the same solution? Someone might know of where to buy something like this - or how to make something like this? My vision is of something on 2 sharp pointed 'legs' that you can roll out where, at the top of the 'legs' is a band of canvas maybe that then screen from the 2 metre high fence height to another 2 metres above this maybe and that can go right along a part of the fence.

I'm sure there are brilliant, DIY, creative people on MN who are right now thinking - "Oh yes, I know exactly what she means and where she can get this/ how she can make this"

Please come my way and enlighten me as I couldn't get much feedback on the Gardening forum here nor find anything on the internet that already exists - only normal screening panels.

How about buying a windbreak, and then replacing the legs with much longer ones, so the canvas started at the top of the fence instead of at the ground?

2 metres is quite a big height to be starting from. Anything will need to be able to withstand a breeze presumably. I'd suggest some trellis stuff stuck onto a couple of lengths of 2x4, but it's more semi-permanent than take up and down-able. Something you could move would be a similar idea (even using fabric instead of trellis) but with two supporting legs also, so each leg would be like this

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sort of! Can you tell what I mean??!!

How about a washing line down that side of your garden? I have one of those long extendable ones, with a big pole in the middle that gets it up nice and high. Hang a few kingsize duvets from it and voila!

Failing that, get one of those dustbin type bonfire burners near the fence, and light a nice smokey one every time the little darlings have a bounce . Although best to check with your council when you are allowed to have a bonfire, as you might end up getting in trouble!

You have my sympathy. I spent ages looking for something suitable, when it happened to us, but the washing line was the best I could come up with.

These are all good ideas. I just wish there were something ready-made and on the market that I could buy, so that it was v easy to erect - but I'll have a think about your suggestions - especially the windbreak on extended legs and the washing line thing.

The neighbours' children are constantly invading our sense of privacy and their father also keeps trespassing into the privately owned field at the bottom of the gardens, where we have a lovely view - and staring in at our garden and house.

Last year, he put a gate in the end of his garden fence to access the private land and then placed a huge trampoline and other play equipment in the field for his children and their friends. It was a complete nightmare for us, suddenly living right next to what had become a recreation ground. The gang of children then bullied and teased my children who then refused to go into our garden at all for a while. They also pulled down part of our end fence that was just wire mesh.

The field owner found out (the children were throwing stones at the sheep in the field and chasing them and riding bikes around and through the herd) and forbid further trespass. The neighbour removed the trampoline but still encourages his children and their friends to use the field - although less so now.

So, we're also going to have to erect proper fencing at that end, which will cut off the countryside views but at least allow us some privacy.

I hate confrontation so just want a quiet and effective solution to give us back use of our garden, even if it means cutting off all countryside views. The bonfire idea sounds brilliant but I think in our area you're not allowed garden fires except after nightfall or something and I don't want us to be as bad as the neighbours are!

I think it's mostly a clash of values really with the neighbours. I believe in being v conscious of other people's privacy and right to peacefulness and am also against trespassing other people's land. The neighbours believe - I think - in more a sense of communal sharing/ living and the right to roam on agricultural land etc etc.

If anyone else has ever come across ready-made, tall and portable privacy screens for gardens, please let me know - or perhaps this would be a good business idea, as I'm sure I'm not the first to need - temporarily and rapidly - to screen out neighbours.

You have my every sympathy, they sound just like my feral neighbours. Mine also have started up a band which is in their shed right near our back doors. Don't want to complain to the council, as if we decide to sell we would have to register the dispute. On the other hand I would feel underhanded not letting buyers know!

Have a look here, might be just the ticket. A quick google brings up lots of different companies that supply them.

HTH

Hairytoes, you're a genius! That looks v like what we need - perhaps a rectangular shaped shade sail, rigged to the fence and then with 2 poles to give an angled height.

In fact, I don't know why one of the companies doesn't specifically and make and advertise a portable privacy screen-cum-shade. There must be loads of people in the same situation as we are. The other day, evn my cleaners said they usually rigged up a few old sheets on a washing line to screen out their neighbours and that they wished there were something commercial to buy to do the same job.

Thanks v much and I hope your neighbours' 'band' disintegrates into nothing v soon, after the run out of enthusiasm. Perhpas you could play some loud and obnoxious Barry Manilow or even operatic stuff to counter their noise? . Neighbours a few doors away from us have these night-long garden parties with deep throbbing amplified music in their garden - usally ending at aroung 4am, several nights across the summer, when you most need windows open all night. Last yr was horrendous...but again, without 'upping the ante and being known as 'the ones who complained', there's little we can do excapt hope rains stops their party prematurely.

You too have my sympathies.