You’ve found your perfect backyard, but there’s building going on in the next plot and you don’t want to have to look at it – or have the neighbors overlooking your next backyard party. But a tall ...

Create the privacy you long for without a hefty price tag by planting a “living wall” of shrubs. Getty Images /seven75 Good fences may make good neighbors, but let’s face it­, fences are not very ...

Practical ways to enhance backyard privacy in compact urban spaces using walls, plants, screens, and smart layout for a calm ...

Q: We would like to get privacy from two-story condominiums on our west property line. Unfortunately, there is only an 18-inch band of soil between the fence and our driveway. Do you have any ...

Looking for a shrub that can do double-duty in your yard by creating privacy and attract beneficial insects? Consider this ...

April 20, 2022 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google With the arrival of spring promising warmer, sunnier afternoons ahead, spending more time in your yard sounds ...

A living wall of fragrant flowers is perfect for summer entertaining, impressing your guests and shielding them from any nosy neighbors. These privacy screens can be trees, shrubs, or vines—so long as ...

Once established, conifers provide lush green screening for very little effort. Super easy to look after, they need only ...

Whether you're growing shrubs for privacy, to add height to a garden space, to cover or hide an unsightly structure, or simply for the heck of it, a flowering shrub can be an easy way to get the best ...

GIVE YOURSELF SOME PRIVACY: This dense, upright evergreen offers vibrant reddish new growth, black berries, and petite leaves, making it an ideal boxwood replacement. (National Garden Bureau) ...

Poet Robert Frost believed that "good fences make good neighbors." As an alternative, however, you can establish an environmentally friendly line of demarcation by using native species to create a ...

I’ve been up this “privacy” thing one side and back down the other. City lots are a fraction of what they once were. Houses, frequently two stories, are shoved together and apartments are pushed in ...