Responsible waste disposal through recycling leaves us with a whole bunch of large, unsightly garbage cans in the front yard. This necessity does not mean that the containers spoil the appearance. Read 3 tips for a decorative game of hide-and-seek here.
How can I decoratively hide garbage cans in the front yard?
Garbage bins in the front garden can be hidden using plants as privacy screens, opaque walls made of natural materials or with an underground adjustment. Conifers, evergreen deciduous shrubs, tall grasses or finished boxes made of wood or plastic offer a decorative and functional solution.
Tip 1: Plants as privacy screen
With privacy plants you can create an inexpensive and opaque hiding place for your garbage cans. Furthermore, this variant can be perfectly integrated into the overall picture of your front garden design. The following plants have proven to be excellent for this purpose:
- Conifers that tolerate pruning, such as yew (Taxus baccata) or arborvitae (Thuja
- Evergreen deciduous shrubs, such as boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) or cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus)
- Tall grasses, such as non-stoloniferous bamboo (Fargesia murielae) or sky bamboo (Nandina domestica)
Your garbage cans in the front yard become invisible behind a green chain-link fence. Choose evergreen climbing plants to ensure privacy throughout the year. Suitable plants are ivy (Hedera helix) or the evergreen clematis (Clematis armandii), which produces a fragrant, white flower dress in spring.
Tip 2: Concealing with opaque walls
In the small front garden, head-high privacy plants and hedges go beyond the dimensions. Space-saving and slim solutions are required here. Walls made of natural materials, such as wood, reeds or bamboo cane, are very popular to hide garbage cans behind them. Since such constructions offer a large surface area for wind to attack, stable fastening with screws or point foundations in the ground is important.
The specialist retailer has ready-made boxes made of wood or plastic for you. These can be installed on site in just a few steps and banish the garbage cans from view.
Tip 3: Sink into the ground - ingenious but expensive
The luxury version of the garbage can hiding place simply sinks the containers into the ground. The electrical system allows the waste bins to disappear from the front garden at the push of a button. The cover is not only walkable, but also supports a load of up to 130 kg, meaning that bicycles can be easily stored here. So much luxury has its price. A system for 2 large garbage cans costs around 3,500 euros, plus installation.
Tip
Use the path to the garbage can hiding place to create visual depth with its help. Instead of a dead straight line, create the access in a curved shape. In contrast to the 120 cm wide access towards the entrance door, a slim 60 cm path width is completely sufficient here.
