Add Privacy and Style to Your Garden with 3 Great Additions
Add Privacy & Style to Your Garden with 3 Great Additions
There’s something truly wonderful about sitting in your garden and enjoying the nice weather. Fresh air fills your lungs, the sound of nature buzzes around you, and you feel like you’re finally in a peaceful spot.
That’s why you need to try your best to create the most serene and perfect garden possible.
Grow a luscious green lawn, plant lots of colorful flowers, and get some lovely outdoor furniture for the patio.
It all comes together nicely, but you’re missing something: privacy.
Nobody should feel exposed in their peaceful garden, so here are three great additions that make your garden more private while adding to the style.
A Garden Fence
Ensure you have a nice fence surrounding your garden and keeping any eyes away from your home. You need the fence to be tall enough to provide privacy without being too tall to shade your plants/lawn from the sun.
Work with a professional fencing company to install a custom fence that meets your desires and style preferences.
You obviously have the freedom to choose whatever fence fits your tastes. Though wooden ones tend to be the classic choice.
They look stunning, coming in all kinds of styles, and add a touch of beauty to your garden, rather than making it look like a prison!
An Awning or Pergola
You’ll spend a lot of time on the patio/decking, lounging on your garden furniture. Perhaps you’ll be out there in the summer evenings for dinner.
If you have kids, they’ll also spend time sitting here and eating or chilling.
As such, you can take your garden privacy to the next level with an awning or pergola.
Either option will work; awnings are normally only suitable when your patio extends from your home.
This way, you can attach a fold-out awning to the wall and extend it when you want extra shade or privacy.
Pergolas work in any scenarios and are usually more expensive, yet arguably better statement pieces for your garden.
Tall Plants or Trees
Call upon nature to provide additional privacy in your garden space. You might have some trees or plants that grow naturally big and provide adequate privacy from prying eyes.
If not, you can always buy some from your local garden center.
Plant a couple of trees around the outskirts of your garden, especially if it backs onto a road or pathway. Tall plants work just as well; they both give you a natural privacy screen.
This idea gives you the private garden you want, though it also provides some exceptional style benefits.
The new plants or garden trees add to the aesthetic and complement everything else that’s already growing there.
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They could also attract more wildlife like colorful birds or little critters to turn your garden into something from a Disney movie!
Think about adding these things to your garden for some much-needed privacy.
We’ve chosen things that don’t take away from your garden’s looks—if anything, they enhance it.
You don’t have to sacrifice style and substance for privacy.
Do you have any tips on how to add style to your garden?
Drop a comment below!
—Matt
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Nancy Polanco is a freelance journalist, lifestyle content creator, and editor of Whispered Inspirations. She is a proud Mom to Gabby and Michaela and partner and best friend to Darasak. Having worked as part of a health care team for almost a decade, Nancy is happy to be back to her passion. She is a contributor to the Huffington Post, TODAY’s Parents, and an Oprah Magazine Brand Ambassador.
