Garden-Savvy Home Owners are Helping to Add Value by Creating Privacy

While we Brits love our neighbours, we love our privacy even more. Indeed, the prospect of having a garden or home overlooked by other properties will certainly not be an appealing one for some.

Luckily, there are ways to mitigate this problem: namely by investing in hedging and mature trees to screen your garden from surrounding properties. Specialist large tree companies, like the Sussex basedEnglish Woodlands, are providing a wide range of customers from home owners, garden architects, property developers, schools and local councils with high quality mature trees to create screening for improved privacy.

With the number of new homes being built across England up by a third thisyear, a post-recession peak, both property developers and new homebuyers will want to ensure that their gardens are up to scratch.

When it comes to finding mature trees, it is important to find a good supplier that has a high level of expertise in the planting of mature trees. Many factors have to be taken into account, such as the type of tree, it's purpose and also what would best suit the surroundings and the soil in the garden.

Michael Hardcastle, Managing Director of the  English Woodlands business, said"Feedback from our customers at the Nursery and online tell usthat quality, unobtrusive landscaping, created by combining hedges, screening trees and shrubs, can help make any property or area instantly more attractive, both visually and financially. Alongside having practical purposes in terms of defining boundaries between properties and establishing footpaths, an aesthetically pleasing landscape can immediately provide the impression of a mature environment."

Mature trees are ideal to quickly improve the landscape of the garden. By planting trees that are mature, gardeners can give the impression that their garden is fully grown. There is a wide range of trees and shrubs that can be used for this purpose, from evergreen trees such as Thuja plicata (Western Red Cedar), and Photinia Red Robin, to deciduous trees such as Pyrus calleryana Chanticleer and Crataegus species (ornamental hawthorns). A wide range of evergreen shrubs can also be used for screening including laurels, bays and holly."

With companies such as English Woodlands at the ready to provide their customers with mature trees, homeowners and property developers alike can ensure that their garden looks established, while also making their gardens look more charming for potential buyers.

If you want to talk to any of English Woodland's friendly team about planning your options give them a call on 01435 862992, or visit their website atwww.ewburrownursery.co.uk.