Landscape & Urban Design Issue 75 2025 | Page 28

Outdoor screening problems solved in an instant

Whether you need outdoor screening to provide privacy in a small garden, divide a larger space into different zones or simply slow down the wind to protect your plants, a living hedge is the perfect solution.
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For generations, hedges have been used by farmers, gardeners and developers to create secure barriers, manipulate microclimates, add structure, direct foot traffic, and play with the concept of‘ hide and reveal.’ With Elveden Instant Hedge, you can achieve all of this and more in a very short amount of time. Best of all, it’ s a sustainable choice.
Could instant hedging be the most sustainable outdoor screening of all?
In a world where timber, corten steel and composite dominate garden screening choices, due to their quick installation, a traditional hedge offers a refreshing alternative.
Elveden have spent decades perfecting a hedging system that doesn’ t rely on cutting down trees or introducing man-made products into the environment. We don’ t even use unnecessary packaging.
Elveden Instant Hedge appeals to a wide range of people, from garden designers and land managers, to developers and home gardeners, because it’ s natural, beautiful, durable and most importantly, instant. There is no waiting for the right planting season, no faffing about planting and protecting whips and no long wait for the plants to grow.
This is a fully mature, well knitted hedging product that can be speedily installed by two people and a mechanical lifting device.
Instant privacy, instant visual appeal, instant wildlife value... outdoor screening problems solved in an instant.
The value of an instant hedge
It’ s difficult to put a value on a living outdoor screen. Whilst you can easily compare the prices of various fencing solutions, they offer far fewer benefits than hedging.
Consider these questions: Does a fence rustle gently in the breeze? Does it absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen? Does it create habitat for innumerable species? Can it help cool the air around it or filter pollutants? Does it have roots that