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I need advice on  screening material for an unsightly area of garden.

young codgeryoung codger Posts: 543
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The area I want to obscure  is the side of a raised drive. It is  the backdrop of where I like to grow annuals every year.

Whoever laid the drive did a bit of a bodge with the shuttering. Instead of using plywood for a reasonably flat neat finish, they have obviously used something like corrugated steel sheet material. This  means the area looks even worse. As it is not flat, securing some screening material to the unsightly area will be that bit more difficult. 

I will also need to retropectimely put a bit hardcore & concrete material under the left side prior to covering with screening. What a pig's ear it looks. I hate bodge jobs.

What sort of screening material  will be appropriate in respect of appearance,  and method of fixing?





 



 


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  • young codgeryoung codger Posts: 543
    "Android auto correct"  has has a new word in it's word bank....retropectimely  :D 
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    Maybe vertical wooden shuttering like this would work


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  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    I see what you mean, that does look a mess and I would hate it as well. It looks like it's on a slope as well which would make covering it up more difficult. You could try rendering it to smooth the surface out, then painting the render but it doesn't look as though that would be easy. Some flat paving slabs stood on edge and leant against the side might work or perhaps some wicker or brushwood screening cut to fit the slope might do the job? Hopefully other posters might have more ideas.
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  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    It's hard to see the context, is there room to plant something in front of it, e.g. a yew hedge? Could you smother it in ivy?

    We had a site where we had to cover an ugly concrete wall, we used this timber slatted stuff. It was the same sort of timber as the fences we used.




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  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,355
    I quite like Lizzie's idea of render and paint and I think it's slightly easier to do than the other 2 (excellent) suggestions. Even if the render is not a perfectly smooth finish (I think you'd struggle to achieve that) the whole thing would look better just being a uniform finish and colour.

    In terms of colour - that's very much down to personal taste and how it works with in the setting. IMO matt black would fade into the background, hide an uneven surface and make the colours of your plants pop. 


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  • young codgeryoung codger Posts: 543
    WillDB said:
    It's hard to see the context, 




    You are right. I had to crop a few megabytes off to enable upload.

    I will go back out and take more photos


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  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    I'd definitely grow a climber up there...anything else would attract even more attention to the mix of textures. Or some Euonymus or Yew as a small hedge? 
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  • young codgeryoung codger Posts: 543
    I quite like the screening made from willow that I have seen in Wilkos.  I don't know how long it lasts.

    I don't mind plastic if it looks ok. If I am going to put the effort in I want the end result to be right.
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    Topbird said:
    I quite like Lizzie's idea of render and paint and I think it's slightly easier to do than the other 2 (excellent) suggestions. Even if the render is not a perfectly smooth finish (I think you'd struggle to achieve that) the whole thing would look better just being a uniform finish and colour.

    In terms of colour - that's very much down to personal taste and how it works with in the setting. IMO matt black would fade into the background, hide an uneven surface and make the colours of your plants pop. 


    Agree with all that including the colour, black or dark grey. It can be pretty rough but if you fill in the obvious holes and paint it dark, it will look a lot better.
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
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