Learn how to select privacy plants to design a natural screen or hedge that is both beautiful and practical.
So far in this privacy video series, we’ve talked about strategy for designing a private backyard, and instant privacy ideas… Now it’s time to talk about what kinds of privacy plants you should look for, and how to use them to design privacy into your yard in a way that lasts.
This could be planting a privacy screen, a hedgerow, an island of plants, or just how to incorporate plantings into your yard in a natural way. The best plants for screens should be selected and placed in a way that maximizes privacy benefits and while still looking beautiful and balanced.
Here are some ways you can get involved and learn more:
🪴 FREE MINI COURSE: How to choose the perfect plant (and put it in the right place): https://www.gardenprojectacademy.com/free-mini-course-choose-the-perfect-plant/
🪴 DESIGN-YOUR-OWN LANDSCAPE LAYOUT COURSE: Interested in an online course that helps you design your own landscape? Join the waitlist to hear when it first comes out!
https://www.gardenprojectacademy.com/design-your-own-garden-course-waitlist/
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Here are some related videos that you may find helpful!
🌱 PART 1 OF THIS SERIES… How to design instant privacy for your yard 🪴 DIY Landscape Design Strategy:
🌱 PART 2 OF THIS SERIES… Creative Ways to Add Privacy 🪴 Landscape design strategies for instantly private backyards:
🌱 THE WHOLE PRIVACY PLAYLIST… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4efkmfC0O2A&list=PLT4LLM91GU1tDYtkriUPhQvuIqISuW8eS&index=1
🌱 Designing a landscape from scratch? Start with USE, first:
🌱 Why proper plant spacing is so important:
🌱 How to make a landscaping project look finished fast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZE6yQ-D9BI&list=PLT4LLM91GU1vCdjFTxJ_KorHiqKuEo3jr&index=1
And if you’re new here, hello! My name is Eve Hanlin, I’m a certified horticulturist and landscape designer from the Pacific Northwest corner of the USA. I’ve offered in-person landscape design services for years and now I am taking landscape design online by offering digital courses and resources for do-it-yourselfers. This is my new business: Garden Project Academy.
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11 Comments
I love this! 💚 I hope you keep the course and other videos to look at later?!? I am too busy to see all now, as in Sweden, where I am, it is perfect planting time and I have a new garden 😊 (like Christmas for us garden lovers) 🍀
Don’t be afraid to branch out. 😂
I love your videos. You give me so many ideas that I never thought of before. I'm a little braver now. 🙂
This is a great video! You're awesome, love that you're advocating for native plants
We decided to remove the wild row of miscellaneous mess growing through our back fence and threatening the overhead power lines. There are so many things to take into account! First, the neighbor can’t maintain his side of the fence row, and we can’t access it to do it for him. Any spot that’s unkempt grows poison ivy, so the fence row on our side is a hazard to us in spots that we keep fighting. The birds LOVE the fence row, so we need to grow an alternative before removing it. We want to use native plants. We’re also looking around at what was already on our acre and maybe use what we’ve noticed that the birds love, even if they aren’t native, but ONLY if they won’t be aggressive and spread through the neighborhood. We selected where to make a new row of plants away from the power lines that we could maintain all the way around, got some natives from a reputable source, planted them during this year’s wet and cool spring, got hit with over six weeks of high heat and no rain… poor things! They’re still alive but looking terrible. Anyway, long rant just to say there are so many decisions to make concerning the simple chore of cleaning up the back fence!🙄
This is so good it's worth two viewings! I went with wax myrtles across the back of the property because they were free, and they did well for about eight years, but now half have died — not sure why. They are natives, at least, and grew nicely, but are not sufficient now to block out my neighbors. Thank you so much for all the ideas and reassurance!
I planned all of my landscaping myself, using youtube primarily for info. There really isn't a lot like this so please keep up the great work!
WOW! All your content is packed to the prim with gardening wisdom and a high value for nature and wildlife. Love your approach, it´s always a peasure to watch your videos.
I would love some tips on how to increase privacy along property lines with overhead power and cable lines.
Excellent information on “private screen” planting! I’m someone who loves neat & pattern looking landscape and at first was concerned things would look messy unless I used the same kind of plants/trees on repeat. But you totally gave excellent options on how to still achieve this overall 🙂 thanks
I heard good things about the Purple Pillar Rose of Sharon by Proven Winners. It’s like other Rose of Sharons, but only gets 2 to 3 feet wide but 10 to 15 feet tall. Ideal for small yards with plenty of sun.