About this time every year as we anticipate warm weather and outdoor living, privacy in our backyards comes under scrutiny. And once again we long for an 8-foot screen to shield a neighbor or some ...

While at once enamored with the close community of her small-town home in southern France, ex-pat Annie Moore and her husband, Colin, knew they'd also need to address the privacy question when they ...

Bamboo is well known for spreading aggressively once planted in the garden. It is the main reason people give for not growing bamboo. What if you could move your bamboo screen whenever you wish ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Even if you don't have a nosy neighbor with wandering eyes, installing a privacy screen can make you feel more relaxed in your backyard. Not ...

All the world’s top gardens rely to some extent on “borrowed landscapes”— external views, structures and elements that can be incorporated into the overall look of a garden. But where our own gardens ...

A SMALL rotten picket fence, that is suffocating under the weight of unruly ivy and bindweed sits between myself and my neighbours. We both have 80ft gardens, but the evening sun lands on my side of ...

Plant the right bamboo and you can create an attractive privacy screen in your yard. Plant the wrong one and you can have a nightmare on your hands. Among the more than 1,400 species of bamboo, some ...

*All recommendations within this article are informed by expert editorial opinion. If you click on a link in this story we will earn affiliate revenue. SPENDING time in the garden in summer is one of ...