May 112013
Landscaping for Privacy: Innovative Ways to Turn Your Outdoor Space into a Peaceful Retreat
The area around your home is your haven, your sanctuary, your refuge from the noise and irritation of traffic, eyesores, and nosy neighbors. Or at least it could be if there was some sort of barrier between your front yard and the sidewalk, or if you didn’t have to stare at the back of the neighbors’ garage when you want to relax on your patio. Landscaping for Privacy brims with creative ideas for minimizing or even eliminating the nuisances that intrude on your personal outdoor space. Scores o
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not enough of the right images,
Lots of talking about creating privacy and although there are ample landscaping pictures, almost none of them are related to creating privacy. If you want a ton of pictures of mediocre landscaping with random bushes and flowers with no pictures of actual privacy ideas, this might be for you. Also, most of the writing is prose with very little teaching. Some tips but you’ll never be able to go from step 1 to completion on any privatizing project from this book. It’s book of unrelated images and filler text, mostly editorial about why you might want privacy but no real, detailed instruction on the how to to actually do it!
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|A book for dreaming,
Lovely pictures. A bit of repetition in the text, but the pics are lovely with many old ideas mixed with a smattering of new in many styles for many challenges from rooftops to corner lots, cottage style gardens to contemporary and modern. I’ve read the book through already and havere-browsed it several times. Helpful plant lists!
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|Lanscaping for Privacy,
Most residential lots are spaced so close together that privacy is rare. Anything that offers practical solutions is welcome. There are many ideas in the book that can be adapted to a variety of situations. I particularly liked the plant list area where the greenery is grouped not only by zone and type (evergreen, thorny, hedges, etc.) but also by shape to help fill-in particular areas.
The usefulness of the book will depend upon the individual circumstance, so skimming it first at the library might be a good idea.
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