Reconfigure Your Outdoor Spaces with Instant Hedging
Modern garden design is as much about problem solving as it is about aesthetics. Whether you’ re working with an overlooked suburban garden, planning the landscape design for a new complex of buildings, or shaping the grounds of a large country estate, your client brief is likely to include at least one of the following requirements:
• Privacy
• Noise amelioration
• Biodiversity net gain targets
• Microclimate management
• Climate resilience
• Boundary demarcation
• Intruder deterrence
• Wildlife habitat
• Shelter from prevailing winds.
While there are plenty of man-made solutions on the market, few deliver quite as many benefits in one elegant package as a natural, living hedge
Creating Practical and Playful Garden Features with an Instant Hedge
Hedges give designers the opportunity to play with the timeless garden design principle of hide and reveal. A thoughtfully positioned hedge can subtly guide visitors through a space, screening certain areas while drawing attention to others. They can be used to define“ rooms” within a garden – perhaps sheltering an outdoor dining area from chilly breezes or providing privacy around a swimming pool. Equally, they work beautifully as boundary planting or as a natural way to screen an undesirable view.
Of course, hedges also offer enormous visual appeal. A neatly trimmed hedge provides the ultimate in kerb appeal, creating structure and a sense of permanence
in any landscape. A 1.2-metre hedge can frame a charming cottage garden, while a luxurious 1.8-metre wall of greenery provides privacy and elegance without appearing unwelcoming.
Improving the‘ Feel’ of an Outdoor Space
Hedges also perform exceptionally well when it comes to managing the garden environment itself. Battling with a stiff breeze? A natural hedge filters and slows the wind, creating a far more comfortable microclimate for people, plants and even livestock. Unlike solid fencing, which can act like a sail in high winds, wellestablished hedges are flexible and resilient. Some species in the Elveden Instant Hedge range are even salt tolerant, making them ideal for coastal locations where planting options are often limited.