I don't believe it would have an impact as it would not be blocking any sunlight at least. Sometimes, I think having a tow of bamboo in a large planter will be the best idea and certainly cheaper with reasonable coverage if planted close to each other.
I that is your sunniest wall I would make the most of the light there adding a mirror, maybe a white flowering climber to grow over the wall, some low white/silver leaved plants, maybe some small white stemmed silver birch to break up the line of the fencd and blend with the brown backdrop. Then I would add somewhere nice to site, facing towards the sun.
Hi GHWorld and welcome to the forum. I have a dense leylandii hedge at the bottom of my garden and hate it. I have windows overlooking my garden and inherited the hedge so it looks like its here to stay. Although I have planted a couple of trees and if they grow well enough I would consider removing some of the Leylandii. You on the other hand are not overlooked. I agree the view could be better but if your garden contained lots of pretty interesting plants then you simply wouldn't notice the backdrop. Personally, I wouldn't use a mirror in the garden as birds often fly into them and die which can be quite upsetting.
Go for the trellis and plant clematis, honeysuckle, roses. There are a number of evergreen climbers you could consider, Chocolate Vine is one of them
Hi GHWorld, let's say you put a row of 6 metre high ready made standardised evergreen trees along the back border. Draw an image of the view from your back door looking out towards the rear of your garden. A brick wall punctuated by a row of bare tree trunks drawing attention to the wall and possibly casting shade and sucking all the moisture out of the garden (if they survived) with a solid green block above it and a solid brown block above that.
You are focusing on the view above the wall as I guess it's upsetting you. But day to day you don't walk round with your head constantly facing upwards looking at the sky 24/7 you look where you are going ie straight in front of you and where you are stepping, with a fleeting glance at the sky, this is the point with your garden, if you had a view in front of you your eye wouldn't constantly be drawn upwards.
Whats wrong with a pond, running water, a pergola, seating area, bird feeders? Nature at its best - a cuppa tea, listening to the birds singing, wildlife in the pond, colourful scented flowers all are much more deserving of your attention than a brown 'wall'. There's nothing nicer than a garden moving through the seasons, you are presently missing out on so much with a view like yours, it has so much more potential.
I hope you find your ideal solution, all the best.
Hi GHworld, I agree with most others here that you will get a weird visual effect, especially as the warehouse will still be visible to left and right, over your neighbours' gardens.
Green handed world has photographed the offending wall from, I would guess, upstairs which makes it look much more intrusive. If the poster could take some photos from ground level I think it would be easier to give advice.
We have a row of terrace townhouses behind us and very close. It felt like they were looking at us all the time - I doubt if they were. Rather than lock ourselves inside a green wall of trees and make our garden feel smaller, we took a tack like many posters here are suggesting.
Stand at the back of your house downstairs. Now imagine the trees you already have in full leaf. Now put a pergola in the foreground of your garden with the front of it facing the sun. Cover it with roses and clematis, put in comfortable chairs. Then plant a few nice things in the shade along the back wall of your house like epimediums, ferns and hellebores. Bliss!
And if you must look out your upstairs windows, look down and admire the lovely garden you have made.
I'm sure that warehouse wall will seem much less oppressive when your trees are in leaf and the sun is higher in the sky. And at least it doesn't have windows for people to peer out of at you.
Enjoy your garden
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You don't have room for more trees - the ones you have need all the room there is there. Planting more trees will damage the ones you already have.
Think of the old rule of thumb that the roots of a tree below ground occupy as much space as the branches above.
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I don't believe it would have an impact as it would not be blocking any sunlight at least. Sometimes, I think having a tow of bamboo in a large planter will be the best idea and certainly cheaper with reasonable coverage if planted close to each other.
I that is your sunniest wall I would make the most of the light there adding a mirror, maybe a white flowering climber to grow over the wall, some low white/silver leaved plants, maybe some small white stemmed silver birch to break up the line of the fencd and blend with the brown backdrop. Then I would add somewhere nice to site, facing towards the sun.
Hi GHWorld and welcome to the forum. I have a dense leylandii hedge at the bottom of my garden and hate it. I have windows overlooking my garden and inherited the hedge so it looks like its here to stay. Although I have planted a couple of trees and if they grow well enough I would consider removing some of the Leylandii. You on the other hand are not overlooked. I agree the view could be better but if your garden contained lots of pretty interesting plants then you simply wouldn't notice the backdrop. Personally, I wouldn't use a mirror in the garden as birds often fly into them and die which can be quite upsetting.
Go for the trellis and plant clematis, honeysuckle, roses. There are a number of evergreen climbers you could consider, Chocolate Vine is one of them
Hi GHWorld, let's say you put a row of 6 metre high ready made standardised evergreen trees along the back border. Draw an image of the view from your back door looking out towards the rear of your garden. A brick wall punctuated by a row of bare tree trunks drawing attention to the wall and possibly casting shade and sucking all the moisture out of the garden (if they survived) with a solid green block above it and a solid brown block above that.
You are focusing on the view above the wall as I guess it's upsetting you. But day to day you don't walk round with your head constantly facing upwards looking at the sky 24/7 you look where you are going ie straight in front of you and where you are stepping, with a fleeting glance at the sky, this is the point with your garden, if you had a view in front of you your eye wouldn't constantly be drawn upwards.
Whats wrong with a pond, running water, a pergola, seating area, bird feeders? Nature at its best - a cuppa tea, listening to the birds singing, wildlife in the pond, colourful scented flowers all are much more deserving of your attention than a brown 'wall'. There's nothing nicer than a garden moving through the seasons, you are presently missing out on so much with a view like yours, it has so much more potential.
I hope you find your ideal solution, all the best.
Hi GHworld, I agree with most others here that you will get a weird visual effect, especially as the warehouse will still be visible to left and right, over your neighbours' gardens.
We have a row of terrace townhouses behind us and very close. It felt like they were looking at us all the time - I doubt if they were. Rather than lock ourselves inside a green wall of trees and make our garden feel smaller, we took a tack like many posters here are suggesting.
Stand at the back of your house downstairs. Now imagine the trees you already have in full leaf. Now put a pergola in the foreground of your garden with the front of it facing the sun. Cover it with roses and clematis, put in comfortable chairs. Then plant a few nice things in the shade along the back wall of your house like epimediums, ferns and hellebores. Bliss!
And if you must look out your upstairs windows, look down and admire the lovely garden you have made.
HI,
This is the view from the ground floor.
Thanks for all the advice!
I'm sure that warehouse wall will seem much less oppressive when your trees are in leaf and the sun is higher in the sky. And at least it doesn't have windows for people to peer out of at you.
Enjoy your garden
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.