Many of us want to keep our nosy neighbours away from peeping into our gardens.
Beth Mardsen, from the UK, took to social media to share how she did it without building a new .
In the clip, she showed off her which was already tall enough that sitting in the garden wouldn’t be able to see over.
But her garden was clearly visible to her neighbours if they were in the upper level of their house and peering through the windows.
So she decided to take matters into her own hands to stop them seeing in.
In the clip, she said: “Do you want to stop those nosy neighbours looking at you in the garden this ?”;
The homeowner said she had the perfect buy – cherry laurel pleached trees.
She said that these trees were ‘the best budget-friendly evergreen trees if you’re after low maintenance, year-round privacy and a fast-growing screen.’
Pleached trees have been specially trained to have a clear, smooth stem and a screen of branches.
They are often trained into a rectangular or square shape, and are typically used for creating privacy screens.
She attached the branches to the the trellis above her fence to encourage them to grow through the structure.
“We wanted to create privacy from the loft extensions at the back of us,”; Beth explained.
“We planted them with a gap in between each tree.”;
to save on , Beth added more support canes in between the treesto encourage them to grow out wider.
Beth showed what they looked like a year after planting, and you could see they already had dense foliage.
She then showed what they looked like today, with the neighbour’s loft completely blocked from view.
Beth added that most won’t require planning permission for the trees and that’s not even the best part.
These trees are evergreen which means they stay full all year round for maximum privacy.
The cost of one tree will set you back around £100 so costs will vary depending on how much fence you want covered.
The clip soon went viral on her TikTok account @iambethmarsden with over 500k views and people were quick to thank Beth in the comments.
One person wrote: “Anything to block out nosy neighbours I will support.”;
Another commented: “In the UK there is such a lack of privacy in the garden, this is a great idea.”;
“Win win for you and neighbours. Privacy for you all, no fence. Nice tree, not overpowering everything. Looks great,”; penned a third.
Meanwhile a fourth said: “Beautiful! Give nature a chance!!”;
“This is what I want,”; claimed a fifth
Someone else added: “Where did you buy them from, looking for some myself.”;
