Privacy Landscaping in Saratoga
Basically, if you’re lucky, you’ll have awesome neighbors. People who live right near you that you can share space and joy with are a blessing from God. Neighborhood barbecues and tea shared on the porch with people you actually like are amazing gifts.
It’s not always that way. Additionally, even folks who do like their neighbors may find joy in private green spaces. Certainly, creating a habitat garden haven around the pool or a wildflower wall by a sitting area garden can be exquisite. “Landscaping for privacy” is a popular request. An estimated 50% of new clients bring up privacy landscape strategy at our first meeting. Privacy landscaping is a staple in neighborhoods where people live close to each other, and there’s lots of reasons to believe the trend will continue. Creating a custom area for outdoor living and enclosing the yard with living walls is a beautiful development process.
Native plants are the best choice for privacy landscape design (native plants are always the best choice for any gardens or landscaping of course) because wildflowers, trees and shrubs indigenous to our region are well acclimated to our climate, weather and conditions. This means that the trees, shrubs or plants installed for privacy will grow with little maintenance or effort. When done in the fall, new installations are essentially zero maintenance, as cooler temperatures and an increase in rainfall aid plants’ establishment.
Native Landscaping Ideas Like Wildflower Walls.
When people want to visually block out their neighbors with privacy landscape strategies using native plants, trees and shrubs, everyone in the neighborhood wins. The human residents get the benefit of the addition of beauty, color and more privacy. The birds, butterflies and various pollinators of the community get brand new sources of food, shelter and habitat. The roadsides and wetlands of Saratoga Springs, Albany, Niskayuna or the greater eastern seaboard even see improvement over time as birds and small mammals spread seeds from the privacy landscaping into the far corners of the city limits.
