Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Sep 06, 2020 8:13 pm Hi, I have an ugly side and rear yard fence at my house and as can be seen from the photos, i can see into neighbours houses, which is not good, as well as having their ugly pergola on the boundary which looks unsightly. I am looking for any ideas or suggestions on how I could screen above the current fence line, at least 600mm high. I would probably paint the fence in a dark grey first, so it looks even. The fence is post and rail construction, so it is hard to find something off the shelf which can just fix directly on the fence. I didn't want to go to huge expense in constructing framework, new rails etc for battens. There is a vegetable garden in that area, so planting large shrubs or trees isn't a good idea. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Fence Screening Ideas 2Sep 07, 2020 8:17 am I’ve had a similar problem with a side fence that I wanted to cover and you’re right that view is quite ugly and messy looking in your yard. What I did was attach some wooden poles to sections of the fence and then got a roll of dark square mesh/wire and screwed and cable tied that to the posts then grew a happy wanderer vine up it. Happy wanderer is quite fast growing and you need to trim it every few months to keep it from getting away from you but you could try a star jasmine vine even. If you don’t want a vine on the fence then my next suggestion would be brushwood screening. The type that they make fences out of when you go to suburbs near the beach. I think that looks nice and natural and a lot nicer than a messy colourblind fence and pergola. Hope I have helped a bit! Re: Fence Screening Ideas 3Sep 07, 2020 11:19 am Maybe some of these from Bunnings: https://www.bunnings.com.au/our-range/garden/garden-decor/artificial-plants There is quite a range of plant syle and colours, and sizes to cover the whole fence, or just to cover above. They look fairly realistic, and certainly more natural than the ugly green mesh gazebo! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Fence Screening Ideas 4Sep 07, 2020 5:31 pm Alex2424 I’ve had a similar problem with a side fence that I wanted to cover and you’re right that view is quite ugly and messy looking in your yard. What I did was attach some wooden poles to sections of the fence and then got a roll of dark square mesh/wire and screwed and cable tied that to the posts then grew a happy wanderer vine up it. Happy wanderer is quite fast growing and you need to trim it every few months to keep it from getting away from you but you could try a star jasmine vine even. If you don’t want a vine on the fence then my next suggestion would be brushwood screening. The type that they make fences out of when you go to suburbs near the beach. I think that looks nice and natural and a lot nicer than a messy colourblind fence and pergola. Hope I have helped a bit! Thanks for those suggestions Alex, I think that idea of fixing some posts to the exg fence then running some sort of mesh or even lattice might be the way to go. With the brushwood screening what would you fix it to? Would you need to build some uprights ?Can i ask what sort of posts you used as well? Thanks a lot Re: Fence Screening Ideas 5Sep 07, 2020 5:33 pm Sparkyf Maybe some of these from Bunnings: https://www.bunnings.com.au/our-range/garden/garden-decor/artificial-plants There is quite a range of plant syle and colours, and sizes to cover the whole fence, or just to cover above. They look fairly realistic, and certainly more natural than the ugly green mesh gazebo! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Thanks for those suggestions Sparkyf. I might have a look at Bunnings and take a closer look at the faux screens. Re: Fence Screening Ideas 6Sep 08, 2020 6:04 pm The way I did it was a little bit cheap and simple haha. I used old Square wooden garden stakes from trees I’d planted (stakes are about 2 metres tall almost) and screwed them through the middle and into the metal fence posts where they wouldn’t stick through on the other side of the fence. Then I Cable tied the mesh lattice onto the wooden stakes (I weaved the cable ties around the back of the wood stakes inbetween the fence and the wooden stake as I’d only screwed the stake on the top and bottom and left a bit of room in the middle to weave the cable ties through there. For the brushwood screening it was a similar scenario but I used metal galvanised wire between each wooden post and then cable tied the brushwood onto the galvanised wire. These two ways have both worked well for me but are probably not the best or most professional way about it with the cable ties ect but they have lasted for about 5 years so far. I’ve also used the recycled black plastic and metal garden steaks and attached them to a fence which would last longer than the wooden ones. I think in your yard I would do a garden bed in front of the fence all the way along and put some nice trees or bushes along there and that will help hide the fence aswell as brushwood or a vine 🙂 Re: Fence Screening Ideas 7Sep 08, 2020 7:53 pm Hi Alex, thanks for letting me know how you did your fence, it sounds like it worked out ok in the end, that's the main thing. I saw this product at Bunnings online and want to check it out in store. i am thinking similar to your method of timber or galv posts screwed to the rails and then the screen panel ( run horizontally ) screwed to the posts. The good thing with this sort of panel is it should look ok on the neighbours side as well. What do you reckon? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Fence Screening Ideas 8Sep 08, 2020 11:24 pm cubic Hi Alex, thanks for letting me know how you did your fence, it sounds like it worked out ok in the end, that's the main thing. I saw this product at Bunnings online and want to check it out in store. i am thinking similar to your method of timber or galv posts screwed to the rails and then the screen panel ( run horizontally ) screwed to the posts. The good thing with this sort of panel is it should look ok on the neighbours side as well. What do you reckon? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I think that’s a great idea. It would look nice on both sides and would refresh and modernise your outlook 🙂 I recently finished my house and after landscaping, have begun to plan a fence. To be honest its been a bit of an afterthought so I'm after some much needed advice. 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