Looking for inspiration on a screen

maggiecox43

I really need some inspiration on what to replace my old and tatty screen which separates my top garden from where I park.  I don't want solid panels, as it would be too harsh.  I was thinking about mabye using scaffold boards?  Any suggestions would be most welcome!  The 1st photo is the old screen and the rest were taken today. I'll be making it myself so can't be too fancy...  Please ignore the mess!

maggiecox43

Sorry my post has jumbled itself up a bit and I didn't know how to change it!

Dovefromabove

Hi Maggie    Don't worry about it being jumbled ... the explanation explains the photos 

We've screened off various parts of our garden with fence posts and trellis panels like these

https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Square-Lattice-Trellis-Fence-Panel-Autumn-Gold---1-83-x-1-83m/p/541004

 ... one has a very productive grape vine on it and the other has honeysuckle.  That's what I'd go for. 

Fire

If making it yourself, could a living willow screen be a possibility? You could weave it into an arbour, arch, pattern of some kind. Hazel can also make a nice structure. Ideas here and here.

Fairygirl

I built one from roofing battens - post at each end and a couple of horizontals made with fencing timber. I have planted 'boxes' at each end, but obviously you could make the screen any size you wanted and as simple as you wanted. 

maggiecox43

Fairygirl said:

I built one from roofing battens - post at each end and a couple of horizontals made with fencing timber. I have planted 'boxes' at each end, but obviously you could make the screen any size you wanted and as simple as you wanted. 

I love this!  I was thinking along a similar vein, but using scaffold boards so a bit more chunky.  I really like the window gap and the planters!  I'm pretty rural and I need to build something that can take the bad winters, but it's only to really screen the cars and give intermittent privacy.

maggiecox43

Fire said:

If making it yourself, could a living willow screen be a possibility? You could weave it into an arbour, arch, pattern of some kind. Hazel can also make a nice structure. Ideas here and here.

I love a nice fedge!  When I moved in here I inherited a 30ft one at the bottom of the garden,  but the ground elder is shocking and it died....  I thought about planting a wildlife hedge, but the soil is just full of building rubble from the 1970s.  Thanks for the suggestion though!

Fairygirl

It looks quite good in winter too Maggie - especially in the snow. It takes everything the weather here chucks at it. The gaps allow the prevailing wind through, and I usually put lights on it at Christmas. 
The birds perch on it on their way to the pond below/ in front of it, or to the feeders on the fence