We have just bought a new build house, open plan fronts and clauses about this and that.
Posties and door to door callers walk straight across the front lawn in front of our windows and the kids next door think it's ok to cartwheel in front of our windows and a neighbour two doors down thinks it is ok late at night to let his dog out the front wandering and pooing on the gardens.
we bought a detached house so that we could eliminate close neighbour noises and thought we'd be ok with our own space all around.
Nobody behaved like this years ago, people had respect and kids were taught to learn respect.
Its quite depressing.
The sales advisor onsite suggested shaping the lawn and planting flowers... how high or thorny can anyone suggest to put on our garden and let others know where the boundaries are.?
Cathy - I totally sympathise. The number of times we've had this conversation at work about disrespectful, inconsiderate behaviour....
I even had to report a postman to Royal Mail - after I'd put a boundary fence up - who ran down the footpath in front of the houses and cut through my garden , before jumping over the fence to get to his van.
Flowers won't stop them - Mahonia is certainly a good deterrent (there are smaller varieties available, but Soft Caress doesn't have spikes, so avoid that one) as is Berberis - and there are some smaller varieties of that too. Make sure you get evergreens if possible - some berberis aren't, although they keep a jaggy framework through winter.
The alternative is a solid hedge of something like privet or laurel, but they require a bit more trimming, wheras the 'jaggy' suggestions can be left to form a slightly more informal hedge with occasional tidying. I put up a fence and also planted a Blackthorn hedge, which gets a tidy up every so often.
It depends how much time you have to spend, and generally speaking, I think people want to just have a tidy front garden and spend more time in their back one. It is very depressing, but the sooner you get a good barrier in place, the better it will be for your own wellbeing
PS - I hope you've reported the ignorant dog owner to the relevant council dept. I had to do that several times too
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
We're not allowed to put a fence around, it annoys me when it's your own house but the builders have these clauses. But thanks I'll look for Mahonia and Rosa , the pricklier the better.
That looks like a solutio, thanks, I'll look into it and maybe not tell postie, that will teach him not to trespass..?, and anyone else who thinks they can !!
We have the same problem. Ours is all lawn and sloping away from the house. We get school kids running across it, people letting their dogs run over it. Might just grow a load of thistles there!!?
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lynn6 try the following link for berberis hedging they are cheaper than the GC's.
http://www.scotplantsdirect.co.uk/hedging-plants-shrubs-pot-grown-bare-root/cat_3.html
We have just bought a new build house, open plan fronts and clauses about this and that.
Posties and door to door callers walk straight across the front lawn in front of our windows and the kids next door think it's ok to cartwheel in front of our windows and a neighbour two doors down thinks it is ok late at night to let his dog out the front wandering and pooing on the gardens.
we bought a detached house so that we could eliminate close neighbour noises and thought we'd be ok with our own space all around.
Nobody behaved like this years ago, people had respect and kids were taught to learn respect.
Its quite depressing.
The sales advisor onsite suggested shaping the lawn and planting flowers... how high or thorny can anyone suggest to put on our garden and let others know where the boundaries are.?
Cathy - I totally sympathise. The number of times we've had this conversation at work about disrespectful, inconsiderate behaviour....
I even had to report a postman to Royal Mail - after I'd put a boundary fence up - who ran down the footpath in front of the houses and cut through my garden , before jumping over the fence to get to his van.
Flowers won't stop them - Mahonia is certainly a good deterrent (there are smaller varieties available, but Soft Caress doesn't have spikes, so avoid that one) as is Berberis - and there are some smaller varieties of that too. Make sure you get evergreens if possible - some berberis aren't, although they keep a jaggy framework through winter.
The alternative is a solid hedge of something like privet or laurel, but they require a bit more trimming, wheras the 'jaggy' suggestions can be left to form a slightly more informal hedge with occasional tidying. I put up a fence and also planted a Blackthorn hedge, which gets a tidy up every so often.
It depends how much time you have to spend, and generally speaking, I think people want to just have a tidy front garden and spend more time in their back one. It is very depressing, but the sooner you get a good barrier in place, the better it will be for your own wellbeing
PS - I hope you've reported the ignorant dog owner to the relevant council dept. I had to do that several times too
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Rosa regosa?
A A Milne
We're not allowed to put a fence around, it annoys me when it's your own house but the builders have these clauses. But thanks I'll look for Mahonia and Rosa , the pricklier the better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jHYV6nJksw
Is you front garden big enough to use one of these? You need them against the foxes ...
You can show the postie where it is and explain, then if he takes a short cut it's his fault.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
That looks like a solutio, thanks, I'll look into it and maybe not tell postie, that will teach him not to trespass..?, and anyone else who thinks they can !!
I could imagine dogs enjoying that supposed deterrent.
'You must have some bread with it me duck!'
We have the same problem. Ours is all lawn and sloping away from the house. We get school kids running across it, people letting their dogs run over it. Might just grow a load of thistles there!!?
Put a notice up saying the lawn has been treated with weedkiller ... please keep children and dogs off in case of skin irritation/burns etc.
Change the notice every couple of weeks ... with any luck people may change their habitual routes and then get used to avoiding your lawn.
Worth trying.
Last edited: 06 August 2017 14:42:52
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.