This is beginning to make more sense. Few more questions though.. If you garden is level with the wall, if I have understood correctly, how much of a drop is there to the footpath? How overlooked is your garden by people using the path? Have you any pets that need to be kept in the garden? Do you feel that your garden needs to be more secure from passers by? If it was mine I would feel happier with a fence for privacy .Can you get the council to put in tall posts but only put the actual fencing panels starting at wall height so you can still see the walling?
Some area the wall is 5ft/6 high, lower towars my entranc. Not overlooked as wall and garden too high. Have a dog but shes not a problem. Privacy not a real issue. Cant see wall from inside only the top row. Hope that makes sence
Dovefromabove can you tell me what you mean by mixed wildlife hedge. I am v amateur when it comes to gardening. I wonder about the maintenance of such mixture in such a long boundary.
it’s relatively easy to care for ... a good shearing with hedge cutters annually is fine as it’s not a ‘formal’ look ... more a country cottage sort of thing. 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
If you don't really want to see the fence from a distance, you could have a post and wire fence, using T-section 1.75m metal posts (suggest green or black) and horizontal galvanized wires, which would give a 1.2m high boundary fence (I think this is the recommended minimum height to prevent accidentally falling over a fence, if you walk backwards into it.)
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
I would love your idea at intervals between the " formal " hedge. Perhaps even at the rear of my small fences. Would that work. My wall is beautiful nd i think il take away from it by a big fence
That is indeed a lovely wall. Well done, the Council. I think I would just have a hedge rather than a fence and hedge as I think it would blend in better but I believe a more formal hedge would blend in better with both the wall and the house structure. An evergreen hedge such as laurel might provide you with a wind barrier if it would survive there. Such a hedge, or even any hedge might require some windproof netting to help it survive whilst it gets established for a year or two.
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If you have a dog I would put chain link fencing attached to the post and rail before planting the hedge.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Few more questions though..
If you garden is level with the wall, if I have understood correctly, how much of a drop is there to the footpath?
How overlooked is your garden by people using the path?
Have you any pets that need to be kept in the garden?
Do you feel that your garden needs to be more secure from passers by?
If it was mine I would feel happier with a fence for privacy .Can you get the council to put in tall posts but only put the actual fencing panels starting at wall height so you can still see the walling?
https://www.best4hedging.co.uk/rspb-bird-friendly-plants-c263?msclkid=880bc538e00517933f47a519bab0005a&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Popular%20Searches&utm_term=wildlife%20hedging&utm_content=Wildlife%20Hedging
it’s relatively easy to care for ... a good shearing with hedge cutters annually is fine as it’s not a ‘formal’ look ... more a country cottage sort of thing. 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.