Suggestions for this space please

katefitzsimmons83

Hi, hoping someone might have some ideas to help me. We moved into our house about 5 years ago and the previous owners extended along the side of the house which has created a shaded recess at the front of the house and means we can't access the back garden from the front so we use this area for keeping the bins in but it looks scruffy. There's a picture below to show you what it's like. I thought if I bought some long planters and a trellis I could grow something up the fence. Any ideas welcome, I'm completely stumped! 

Thanks
Kate

Dovefromabove

Hi @katefitzsimmons83 and welcome. 

 Is there any way you can break up some of the concrete to make a bed to plant in?

Buttercupdays

If you re-arrange your bins along the house wall, or the fence, you will mainly see the side of one, instead of three. You could then mask them with a large tub, or a collection of pots, that contain something more attractive to look at.

Fairygirl

To be honest, a simple fence/screen is the easiest solution, forming two gates for access. If you paint them a dark colour [grey, black, dark green] they disappear a bit more too.
You can then have pots/containers with some evergreen, easy maintenance planting.

I think @Buttercupdays's would work best though, as it allows more scope and less 'bin view'. 

katefitzsimmons83

Dovefromabove said:

Hi @katefitzsimmons83 and welcome. 

 Is there any way you can break up some of the concrete to make a bed to plant in?

Possibly. Do you think anything would grow there? It's very shaded 

katefitzsimmons83

Buttercupdays said:

If you re-arrange your bins along the house wall, or the fence, you will mainly see the side of one, instead of three. You could then mask them with a large tub, or a collection of pots, that contain something more attractive to look at.

Thanks Buttercupdays, I'm going to clean up the concrete and paint the fence panel too. A collection of pots would be good, just got to work out what to plant in constant shade 

Fairygirl

There's plenty of choices for complete shade, so don't worry 

katefitzsimmons83

Fairygirl said:

To be honest, a simple fence/screen is the easiest solution, forming two gates for access. If you paint them a dark colour [grey, black, dark green] they disappear a bit more too.
You can then have pots/containers with some evergreen, easy maintenance planting.

I think @Buttercupdays's would work best though, as it allows more scope and less 'bin view'. 

Thanks Fairygirl, I'd thought of that before but because there's a window i thought it might look strange if the fence covers part of the window but I'm going to look into a low fence or gate that just covers the bin and doesn't go above the windowsill.