Some types of privacy screens serve their purpose and shield your own garden paradise from the prying eyes of neighbors, but at the same time stone walls and structural fabric made of durable plastics often seem like a very restrictive boundary to your own garden. With creatively inspired ideas for an original privacy screen, a timeless, beautiful privacy screen can not only fulfill its functional purpose, but also give the entire garden an individual and extraordinary touch, both inside and out.
What are ideas for an original privacy screen in the garden?
An original privacy screen in the garden can be created through the creative use of trellises, natural materials or willow cuttings. Attention should be paid to individuality, naturalness and compliance with the applicable distance rules.
Not intended to last forever but still (or precisely because of that) decorative
Sometimes the most beautiful ideas for garden design are those whose appearance suggests a certain closeness to original nature and which are not designed to last for decades and remain unchangeable. Just as nature in the wild is subject to constant change, even without human influence, this constant ability to change can also find expression in your own garden. Get creative and make an irregularly shaped trellis out of finger-thick hazelnut rods or other reasonably straight branches in the spot chosen for a privacy screen. You can connect these with wire, for example. You can also stick wooden sticks a few centimeters into the ground and weave flexible, thin branches horizontally between these vertical wooden elements. Then sow the seeds of the following annual climbing plants:
- Veca
- Morning glories
- One-Eyed Susan
- Trailing nasturtium
These flowering privacy plants climb up your trellis within a few weeks and attract insects such as bees and butterflies to the garden with their fragrant flowers.
Use craft materials from nature trips
Basically, it should be noted that when collecting natural materials, you should always pay attention to the respective nature conservation regulations, special protected areas or the export regulations of a country. Apart from that, it can be a very formative experience, especially for children, to collect particularly shaped pieces of roots, small shells or beautifully shaped stones from the bed of a dry mountain stream during hikes and excursions with the family and to later use them for garden design ideas. A wooden privacy screen can be used to create charming works of art that remind young and old of many beautiful shared experiences right behind their own house for years to come.
A beautiful privacy screen made from willow cuttings: creative and uncomplicated
Do you perhaps know a garden neighbor who has several mature specimens of osier in his garden? Sometimes these willows also grow on the edge of streams and cuttings may be cut in consultation with the property owner. The freshly cut rods are simply inserted into the ground at least 15 cm deep where a beautiful privacy screen with a natural character is to be created. The willow cuttings usually root easily within a few weeks, provided the location is not too dry. In the spirit of child-friendly garden design, igloos, Indian tents or interwoven walls can be created from willow cuttings.
Tip
There are hardly any limits to your imagination when it comes to designing various privacy protection ideas in the garden. However, you should definitely adhere to the distance areas and maximum heights prescribed in your federal state in the area of the border to the neighboring property.
