Creative Ways to Add Privacy 🪴 Landscape design strategies for instantly private backyards
Seeking ideas and creative ways to add privacy? Learn specific, creative landscape design strategies for instantly private backyards, even tall, narrow, and low cost solutions in case you have a small space or you are on a budget. These tips go beyond fences and hedges and tall trees. After watching this video, you’ll be able to look out into your landscape and come up with creative ideas that are faster alternatives to the typical solutions.
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Love that you jump right in - no blah blah blah preamble for 10 minutes. Subbed Oh yes, subject matter fantastic too.
An easy way to weigh down a curtain is to open a small hole in the hem and pour sand into it, then close up the hole.
Super smart!
I appreciate how you pack a lot of info in a quick manner. No need to have a long drawn out video.
Same, it's very appreciated
Way around the fence rule is plant arborvitae or yews. Code Inspector can't do anything about it. And I should know. I'm employed in Planning and Zoning
Thank you
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What you say is true but they take too damn long to grow. So WHY does the city care how tall a fence is in the first place?
So are the lattice panels she said to put on top of the fence allowed? If you can then why can't people build the fence that tall in the first place? Whoever made the fence "rules" are just control freaks.
@@lesliekendall5668 because f*cking Neighbour’s complain about their view!
Great video! My bf planted the yews about three years ago and they are now about 12 feet and block traffic headlights that used to be very annoying. I built a fence between my house and neighbors using wood lattice instead of full fence panels. It’s pretty and I found premade wood frames to edge them with. They are now close to 20 years old and still in great shape! Neighbors laughed when I put it in and said it wouldn’t last. Guess I got the last laugh. 😊
I love that you included the "not all privacy is fast" portion-- never hesitate to remind all of us that plants take time!! 😅
This is your first video I have watched. I was blown away. Fast, concise and packed full of ideas. Thank you.
❤ She’s like a breath of fresh air! Practical, attractive to-the-point advice, nicely illustrated and no pointless waffling 😅 I’m so glad her channel popped up on my screen - I’ve subscribed and am sharing.
I agree with many of the other comments about how there’s no unnecessary chitchat to lead you into the conversation about privacy options and all that… I will however expand upon the bamboo theme, because if you get the kind of bamboo that CAN spread, it WILL SPREAD. And it can EASILY grow OVER 6 feet in any direction, including straight down, including growing underneath roadways, and come up under your house, and push up underneath your house and any other structures, destroying them completely!!!! I certainly love most plants, and I think I might even be tempted to plant some sort of miniature bamboo, but only in a container, simply because I have seen firsthand at my mothers home and property how absolutely devastating bamboo can be, and how utterly impossible it is to eradicate!!! I do love the way it looks, and I love the way it is useful, but I absolutely would never ever plant it… AND I’m now a subscriber!! !
I read somewhere they can reach to 20 feet :| Am looking into blocking them. I have land and neighbours on both sides with bamboos as privacy fences. Am currently digging them out and putting a sheet of bamboo resistant material of about 1meter deep. Hoping they won't come creeping back in.
Great ideas. I love bamboo but I knew it was very invasive so I will never plant it, except in containers. Not to be a Negative Nancy, but keep in mind what is privacy for you is also privacy for intruders. I'm a very private person so I want privacy screens everywhere, but I have to remember I don't want a bad guy jumping out at me from behind my own bushes. And the same privacy elements will conceal an intruder from the public eye as well.
You can plant moringa, it grows fast and its food,super healthy to eat. About 12 years ago i ordered seeds on line.
Just an amazing video!! Concise, practical info, from a person who really knows their stuff!! Thank you so much for doing this!!
I planted limelight hydrangea and in 3 years I have a hedge I can't see over and is beautiful! I also planted angel trumpet in large whiskey barrels and in one season it was 8 feet tall and just as wide. I do have to bring them into my garage and over winter but it is worth it! Not only are they beautiful but the blooms are gigantic and fill the air with a beautiful fragrance!
Im a cancer patient. I started planting and "tending" to my flowers while in treatment, it became therapeutic for me. However, I failed to properly plan what I was planting and failed to plan for privacy. I desperately need privacy in a few spaces and now motivated to plant with some guidance from tour videos thatvare auper helpful! Thank you!
I hope you’re doing ok 🙏🙂
You are very well informed about your recommendations. You have an excellent, succinct approach. Thanks so much. Keep up the good work!
I absolutely agree!
We have a fence in between our neighbour's garden and ours, that we built ourselves. It's basically a bunch of wooden poles with a pole over top for stability. We put up large chicken wire onto the frame. The first summer it was basically completely open, but by now the grape and the wisteria have covered the entire thing. The houses here all have balconies, so you can see into people's yards all the time. Our neighbours have put up a bamboo screen on top of a wooden frame, and we're waiting for the wisteria to get big enough that we can let it grow along wires over the terrace. There was a passionfruit and clematis somewhere as well, but they didn't do well in our garden. Honestly, my approach to gardening is, if it won't do well when I neglect it, it doesn't belong in my garden. Worked well so far, I have many bushes, a geranium bed, a few trees, lots of hostas and ferns. We planted an almond tree in the middle, which needs to fill in a bit and grow a little more, but in a year or two it will block the view into our bedroom too.
Sounds neat! What kind of poles and where can they be bought? TY
After watching this video i did a bunch of research about bamboo and purchased a Fargesia Rufa for my yard. Thank you so much for the super great ideas!
I'm so glad I found your channel. I love everything about it. Your clear to the point presentation. Such helpful tips.Plus you are a great girl. Will use your tips in my Czech garden. Thank you xxx
Holy smokes this is creative! So many ideas & examples. Thank you. ❤
This is by far the best backyard pravacy video on KZhead. I have seen them all. She covered everything. Thank you.❤
I also use carpet outside and have for years. I learned I could do this from a man who owned a carpet company and had nice carpet outside. When I asked about it he said oh that's been there 30 years. Put landscape fabric under it and nothing grows through it. Take an area that has erosion and then put the carpet upside down and put seeds on the back. The seeds will grow roots through it and won't be able to be washed away.
I did that years ago. The carpet smothered out the weeds and grass underneath it. I cut holes where I wanted to plant. I found that cutting an X in the carpet also worked! Once the plant is in the ground, the pieces of carpet would close up to the plant and block out any potential weeds. I used carpet that was being discarded. It was better than cardboard because it lasted for years. The carpet backing had the advantage of being rough and holding the mulch in place. Carpet padding is good also but not as long lasting as carpet.
A couple rows of Holly Hocks makes a beautiful privacy plant.
Can I use that with dogs that eat plants? 🙄 I like foxglove too but can't use it in my yard.
There's always beautiful, inexpensive shower curtains. And honeysuckle vine is perfect for privacy and smells amazing.
We have clumping bamboos in the ground and have had zero spreading problems with them.
your videos are just brilliant, full of super valuable information. thank you so much.
Great vid, informative, articulate, no fluff.
God bless you, lady!
I am sooooo happy I just came across your utube channel and watched the "fast privacy ideas", it was great as I'm so in need of some separation between my neighbors property, it was meant to be and verified some ideas I've been thinking of to go forth with it while making it beautiful too.Right away you felt like a friend and it could not have been a better time for many reasons, I've just now signed up for your free class your offering re: picking the right plant, and eventually planning on getting signed up for your individual landscape design your also offering, I know there will be a waiting list and time frame involved but as soon as I can jump into that I will. In the mean time I'm going to watch everything you put out there and enjoy your enthusiasm and expert professional advice. Thank you so much❤
Jerusalem Artichoke makes a dense fast growing tall privacy screen. We are also trying to create natural looking hedgerows with combinations of flowering shrubs such as lilacs and roses, with trees, evergreens and groundcovers. Wild roses grow large and fast and provide both privacy and security. I also try to add low screening to hide unsightly objects or areas of the yard such as utility elements - for these I use hostas, daylilies, grasses and other dense growing plants, sometimes combining them to create more long term coverage. Hostas are slow to start so planting other plants with them that come up faster or are evergreen helps. One thing we learned the hard way was what NOT to hide or what not to plant for screening. A previous owner planted tall pine trees along the drive. That is a sticky mess on cars. And now they have a blight and need to be taken down. They also planted them in such a way that it left a hidden area and we have had cars pull in there and sit in the past. We now very carefully consider what views we don't want blocked along with those we do.
I’ve used Jerusalem artichokes too, but they do spread and are hard to get rid of.
I just stuck regular curtains outside. They have been outside three years with no problems. I put a few rocks in the bottom and stiched them up.
Cool ideas, rhanks! An inexpensive fabric is painter's canvas from the hardware store. Often waterproofed on one side, and you can get huge pieces waaaay cheaper than from the fabric store. Just be aware it will shrink if washed.
Oooh, thank you for this! Your previous video got us talking about what we might like to do to increase our privacy in the back yard. So I'm thrilled to hear all these specific ideas for us to look into and discuss. Sharing both online and with my family!
This is simply one of "the" absolute best videos I have seen. It's jam packed with tons of easily implemented designs and ideas. Quickly presented yet leaving nothing out. I'm so impressed and I have soooo many ideas to choose from. Just in time as I am presently moving in to a new place and have immediate need to make and decision and get it done. Thank you. I'm subscribing and I also see lots of other videos I want to check out. Warmest regards I found a gem of a channel in you 🤟🤙😁
This is the first time I've found your videos. May I say,AWESOME!!! THANK YOU so very much, what an enormous amount of ideas 💡 well done 👏
your awesome!
Awesome presentation! Thorough and fast-paced.
Watching from the UK - thanks for super ideas. I'm in the process of creating a minimalist garden with a minimalist budget - started with potted bamboos in a raised bed. You've prompted me to check out pergolas near the house. Great videos😀
I love pergolas. I just need a house.
I agree beans are very good, they grow very fast and very tall.
I LOVE my bamboo! Put in one plant to block the neighbors' trampoline with its ratty fabric that they never repaired. Years later, it has provided privacy all across the back garden. Best $25 I ever spent. When a shoot pops up where I don't want it, a quick cut gets rid of it.
I also love bamboo . It is my sanctuary. It gives privacy, stays green all year long and reminds me of the Hawaiian bamboo forest . I'm making a bamboo deck canopy . Ty for some great ideas 🌴
I can't believe I just found this wonderful series, or let's say it found me because it came up on my feed. I immediately subscribed and went to your information in the drop-down box and signed up. I can't wait to get started. Someone else said they had an eyesore, and that's exactly my situation.
Hello from Redmond WA😊 Good to see your channel! I love it when I stumble upon someone in the same State as I.
We had an wide open area with no privacy. We had a shed built and between the shed and garage, my hubby built a wood structure. Taking old grapevine cut at my friends farm, i weaved the dead wood in and out of the openings. I planted wisteria and clematis to climb on the old wood! Beautiful results with lots of privacy too! Trying to add a photo?
Wonderful advice! Thank you so much for sharing your expertise and knowledge with others!!😀👏🏼
I LOVE bamboo!
I will be watching more of these. My field and privacy behind the fence has been replaced by a 5 story gigantic parking garage and raised 5 lane road extension. I believe I will try some of the bamboo in pots for immediate relief. My water resistant sheers are good, but we do get winds.
I think I said this on the last video but I loooove love this series..... I really want a loooot of space from neighbors in the house I'm buying next year but for the sake of my budget I might have to compromise on property size, but these ideas are def making me feel a little better about that!
I have used many vines for privacy but the quickest cover I got that is evergreen......and provides beautiful unsual flowers and fruit ....is the granadilla / passion fruit vine. I used it to provide privacy for the swimming pool area. I also agree with you about the bamboo plants ....I love mine!
Thank you for your help! Very nicely done, and thank you for speaking quickly!
Excellent suggestions🌟 Thank you so much!💜
Great ideas and good pictures. Love such quality content! Thank you :)
Thank you. I like your clear voice. And your enthusiasm.
So happy to run into you site. I am a fan. Thank you for what you do.
I Love Bamboo ! I can't wait to get into my own place,to plant it!
Great information and lots of great ideas. Really glad I found your channel!
I appreciate you so much. Without a ton of money you’re making landscaping so exciting for me. Thank you Thank you👏👏👏
Love this video, looking forward to more info, Thanks!
Absolutely Fabulous Ideas LOVIT ❤
My first time coming across your video and loved it. Thank you. I’m looking forward to watching more.
Thank you! This was wonderful
Loving your videos! Thank you.
Thank you so much for all the fantastic information….well presented, many options. Appreciate it. 🌱🌞
Loved this video for the enthusiasm you have in your voice. I just kno you must be a good story teller. So cute and bubbly I could listen all day
I discovered that the grape arbor I had started growing in our fenced front yard, which our dog regularly accessed, turns out grapes are toxic to dogs!
Excellent ideas, just like your last video in this 3parter. Can't wait for the next one!
Loved this...look forward to more...lots of rewinds..lol..great info !!! And I am totally doing bamboo!!!!
Very Helpful! Thank you!
I love you! Omg fantastic work! Thank you!
This was such a great informational video and I really liked everything I learned watching it 👌🏽
LOVE LOVE LOVE !! Answers I have been searching for YAY
Great video! This is the first of your videos that I've watched and I love your ideas! We have privacy challenges and met the challenges using different things - we used fast-growing Podocarpus bushes to cover outside equipment (our pool pump and heater, A/C unit, generator, etc.) and it made for a beautiful hedge running the length of our house. We used spoke-type fencing on the part of the pool deck that faces a waterway and planted King of Tuscany jasmine bushes to cover the retaining wall and rose bushes to provide privacy when we're in the pool that's nearby. We used curry leaf trees to provide shade and privacy near White Stopper bushes interspersed with Tea Olive bushes to put sight and sound distance from our neighbor and his loud pool pump! Everywhere we look, we feel its private and beautiful! We have a small garden of raised beds and in-ground trees that provides food for us and additional privacy - win/win!
Hi! Some of the plants you have mentioned I have never heard of before. I took a screenshot f your comment so that I can research to learn if they are good in zone 8. It gets extremely hot and dry, or hot and humid. Then, extremely cold in winter for about a week, just long enough to kill roots of some plants. Thank you.
@@lorirode-off763I live in south Florida (Fort Lauderdale area), in zone 10. It's AMAZING how many plants are now able to sustain our weather - we even have asparagus plants and yes, we eat them as fast as they grow - at least for the first few weeks of the season! So don't assume that if something hasn't been known to grow in your zone, it still is that way. Our roses are in bloom now - roses, in Florida, who'd have thought it? I guess people in the know would have!
Thank you for a well-informed video. There are so many ideas! This year I added wooden lattice, using strong zip ties to my ugly chain link fence across the side. I had it spray painted black first. Then I painted the posts and top rail. It looks great. The cost of having it spray painted wasn't cheap, so I switched to black vinyl privacy lattice panels across the back. Although that costs more than wooden lattice, I read that it lasts longer, but now after reading one of your viewers who said hers had lasted 20 years, I'm not so sure that was necessary. Anyway, thank you so much for all the wonderful information.
Thanks!
Thank you for all the information. Wonderful.
So much great information and so well p resented! Thank you!!!
Awesome. I love Bellingham, WA! My grandchildren are there! Love this video. Thank you!
So helpful! Thanks!
I've been binging all of your videos as I've been at work today in preparation to completely redo my yard from the previous owner not taking care of it for several years and I already have a background in lawn care in landscaping, but I have learned a couple of things more specifically on proper mulch practices that I didn't quite have a handle on yet, but overall you've translated your passion for the entire process into your videos really well and it's just making me more and more excited and it's giving me more and more ideas for what I can do with my yard and my flower beds that I want to create As a side note, I was wondering if you plan on covering cross germination, what plants would be most suitable to cross germinate with something else or what would be feasible if given enough time or maybe just a simple explanation of it
Great ideas thank you so much for this video! 💕
Just what I needed to see! Saving this.
Lots of great ideas in this video. Thank you 🌞
I am so glad I found you.. tku , feeling inspired 🐢🐛🐝
My daughter love bamboo but I know how overwhelming it can become but putting it in a planter is genius. Wait u til I tell her. I will plant some next spring.thank you
Thanks! Just subscribed! Love bamboo! Going to get some! 🥰
Love banboo, and it is also a wonderful material for building, windchimes, art, water features and more.
Thank you for the wealth of info. Great job. Very informative and interesting.
Wonderful presentation! Many thanks!
Excellent advice! Thanks!
Such an informative video. Thank you!
I LOVE my bamboo. One $30 plant a few years ago has spread all over the beds, blocking out the neighbors' trampolines and ugly sheds. I cut it back when it decides to crop up where I don't want it when it's very young. LOVE IT. Great video!
Thank You! This was informative and inspiring 🪴🌱🌿💟☮️
I love your ideas! Thank you!
Im so happy 😍I found your channel 💚 I love plants , I also enjoy working in my yard🍃 and doing landscaping and gardening 🌳❣️ I look forward🥀 to catching up on your videos 👍 I can't wait to see what you've got🌱 🥳
Wow! Lots of tips. Thank you.
Most excellent, thank you!
Great presentation.
You’re awesome! Thank you for this video.
Thank you Sweetie, this helped. 😎✌️
Thanks for the good ideas!
I would add some ideas, but you used all of mine. Lol i will say that i use plants in the garden for privacy in key areas of my house as well. I don't want to have to keep all of my blinds shut or curtains closed just to have privacy. I would rather have them open and have a view to my garden and natural light inside my house without having to give up my privacy.