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Horrible fence at back of garden - but it’s not mine!

cristalwizardcristalwizard Posts: 1
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Hi there. I’ve attached pictures of my current fencing situation, and I’d like to figure out how to cheaply and effectively put something to cover it up before I fill the empty void with compost. The fence isn’t mine, isn’t well secured and isn’t straight. I worry that something like a bamboo screen might look a bit off. 

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  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    You shouldn't really fill with compost against a fence, especially someone else's. I think you will have to make a little wall at the back to form the back of your planter, perhaps with sleepers or concrete gravel boards?

    Perhaps the solution is to create your own fence line with two layers of concrete gravel boards to retain the ground.
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Can you ask the fence owner for permission to paint or stain it a dark colour ... then fill the raised border with Stipa gigantea 

    https://www.waitrosegarden.com/plants/_/stipa-gigantea/classid.2048/

    you’ll not notice any defects in the fence with that in front of it. 

    😎 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    Then you can paint the whole lot to blend in, and grow climbers up it as you see fit.
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
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