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How to hide an electricity pole in my garden

gail gordongail gordon Posts: 7
in Problem solving
I have just moved and there is a very prominent electricity pole outside my lounge folding doors.  The floor has been wooded (its a small garden) with a raised bed to one side which you cant see from the lounge.  All I can see is this great lump of wood - are there any ideas how to plant around it with planters maybe some black bamboo.  But I need something to raise the pots so that the pole becomes invisible from inside the lounge. I have looked for planters but just can find any that go around the pole.

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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    You could put separate containers around the pole, or just on the side facing your lounge. Or build a container/raised bed from timber if you have skills in that area.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/comment/2192329#Comment_2192329

    Some ideas on this link
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Narrow trellis nailed to the pole and evergreen climbers?
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    KT53 said:
    Narrow trellis nailed to the pole and evergreen climbers?

    Not sure you're allowed to do that. The elec. board might object.
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    We had a pole in our garden for decades and then contacted the board to see if it could be removed as we needed to repair the garage. Found that for all those years we were supposed to have been paid for it being there. Silly little money.
    However they did come and look at it and it was removed at no expense to us.
    Worth investigating.
  • gail gordongail gordon Posts: 7
    Thank you everybody for your comments, much appreciated.  Have bought a bamboo and a large container to put the pot in so it wont leak onto the new paving.  Also a couple of other plants that will grow up the netting which I am going to put up tomorrow.  It'll look nice :) Will contact the board too just to see if they would remove it, but I believe its a shared pole telephone/electricity.  I have a number to ring for solicitors that deal with this problem and see that they have to say.
  • nick615nick615 Posts: 1,487
    Gail, Most poles ARE shared - but this one is on YOUR land.  I'd use the CAB/Councillors/MPs route before laying out your own cash, but good luck.
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