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You can actually make your back yard another 'room' to your home, someplace calm, someplace you can call your sanctuary.
Raise up your plants
Create a room, an area that feels secluded
Add a lattice fence. It helps enclose the yard without making it feel closed in.
Layer plantings.
Use a hedge as a wall.
Look for interesting materials. Unexpected elements can screen your yard, provide texture, and enhance the overall effect.
Mix it up.There aren’t any rules.
Climb the walls with vines.
Use containers.
Hide behind structures.
Plant a tree.
Decorate your fence.
Punctuate your yard.You don’t just have to plant at the perimeter.
Keep it simple.
Mask sounds. Privacy is more than sight. You can use water features, wind chimes, grasses that rustle in the wind for example.
(BHG)