Designing a beautiful and functional space involves a lot of problem solving, and what to do about ugly objects, bad views, and utility areas is no exception. Join me for this conversation about the 4 ways to approach hiding ugly things with examples from my own garden and ideas for yours!
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I just found your channel with this video popping into my feed during coffee-on-patio time. So glad it did! I really enjoyed this video, so had to sub!
Your garden and video reminds me of the English gardener’s YouTubers, I like it .
Great video, thank you for the information!!
Nice video Tessa; I like the classical guitar. True that plantings can hide the sound of a road, but the best way to get rid of traffic noise is a water feature!
Good talk! I'm just down the road from you, so it's good to see what others in the area are coming up with. I just returned from the local nursery where I snagged 3 Ilex vomitoria (Yaupon Holly). It would look great where you put those boxwoods, and gives you the same evergreen look. Plus, it's a native and you don't have to worry about blights bothering it. The cultivar I chose has a small leaf very much like mouse-ear boxwood. It's also female so I'm hoping I'll be able to enjoy the red berries this holiday season. Honestly, though, I wanted them because Yaupon holly is the only Native plant in the US that produces caffeine and it's a delicious tea. Now I'll have free tea the rest of my days!
A few of the taller varieties of the Ilex vomitoria reach to about 15' and would look very nice along your new fence. It'll take them a bit of time to get there, but they'll help with the sound attenuation once they do. The plan for my new acquisition is to keep them limbed up on the bottom 2/3rds so the bare trunks are visible. They have a silvery bark that's rather attractive in its own right, and I think they'll look rather nice. Next on the list is a Cercis canadensis or two.
Can you show us your inspiration for the future look for your property ?
What a great video with very useful and important information. Love it Tessa!
Great video. The idea to use paint to camouflage items was used by the 18th century English landscape designer Humphrey Repton. He used the color ‘Invisible Green’ to visually minimize fences, railings, posts…. The paint color is reproduced by the Little Green Paint company and is now in the US. SW has a similar color called Muddled Basil. I’ve used it to paint AC condenser units which works well and is very easy.