Garden screens can serve both a decorative and practical purpose by adding an element of privacy to any garden. Whether you live in the countryside or have a cramped backyard garden in the city, garden screening can help create a private sanctuary in your garden. Garden screening can particularly be nice in urban areas as it can soften the amount of noise filtering in from neighboring homes and blocking out views of potentially ugly concrete sprawl. In in the less crowded countryside, garden screens can be nice for creating a smaller private area within your garden. Garden screening can come in a variety of different forms, here are some of the more common variations:
Bamboo: Fast growing and thick bamboo is a relatively natural way to create a natural enclosure around your garden. However controlling the growth of the bamboo screens and maintaining a line in your enclosure with require significant effort. Like other vegetation based screening, bamboo can generally mesh well with the rest of your garden.
Hedges: A popular but high maintenance choice, hedges provide a more structured look to any garden with one of the many modern or contemporary sculpted styles. A number of different types of plants can be used including gardenias and conifers. As mentioned before, near constant maintenance is required for hedges to look neatly trimmed.
Fencing: Typically made of wood or plastic, fences are a great instant gratification solution to getting more privacy in your yard. Apart from occasionally repainting or adding a new coat of wood finish, most fences require far less maintenance than hedges or other plant based garden screening. Unfortunately fences are nowhere near as attractive to look as a hedge or a layer of bamboo.
Vines: For those who are unfortunate enough have a fence around their yards or gardens, vines and other creeping plants are a quick and effective way to cover them and help blend into the surrounding greenery. Unlike many of the other choices for vegetation screening, vines require next to no maintenance and are relatively fast growing.