The term "allotment garden" does not generally mean a leisure property defined solely by the relatively small garden area, but a garden plot in an allotment garden colony, sometimes also referred to as an "allotment garden". Since the neighborly relationship in such a complex has very specific challenges in store, the construction of an alternative to the classic privacy screen requires some creativity.

A living privacy screen is a nice option to protect yourself from prying eyes

Allotment gardens are usually clubs and geared towards togetherness

Traditionally, most allotment gardens have been created to give people living without a garden access to their own piece of land in nature and to cultivate it for growing fruit and vegetables. It used to be a basic principle of these allotment gardens that the various members supported each other in numerous activities and stood by each other over the garden fence with advice and action. Now, however, a generational change is taking place and for many younger allotment gardeners, the focus is less on the longing for petit-bourgeois management of their own "floe" and more on the retreat to relax with friends and family in the countryside. In the cramped space of an allotment garden, mutual consideration still requires, according to most association statutes:

  • the restriction of structural property enclosures to a height of around 125 cm in most cases
  • the ban on high privacy hedges
  • the avoidance of unnecessary shadows on neighboring properties

Tricks and tricks for a rule-compliant privacy screen

Most statutes of allotment garden associations do not allow any high screens, hedges or hedge-like arrangements of shrubs. Nevertheless, there are definitely ways to get a little more privacy. The allotment gardens in the complex are often only visited on certain days of the week or at the weekend. If, for example, in spring or summer the nosy neighbor is to be optically kept away from one's own sun lounger, a few potted plants can quickly be put in position temporarily. Awnings that can be pulled out to the side are also a modern and very practical way of optically shielding the barbecue and seating area for the duration of use under the argument of "protection from gusts of wind". As a rule, not even the well-read paragraph riders of an allotment garden club notice such temporary types of "foreclosure".

Provide some privacy with annual plants and well thought-out garden planning

Since allotment gardens are still to be used for growing fruit and vegetables on at least a third of their area according to the relevant legal regulations, those responsible for the local association rarely have anything to object to growth of this kind. As a seasonal substitute for a permanent, living fence, appropriate climbing plants such as climbing beans on a suitable climbing aid can usually be used without any problems. Cleverly placed raised beds also fulfill their purpose without demonstratively provoking a feeling of conscious isolation.

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With well thought-out planning, the lines of sight can also be designed in the allotment garden in such a way that there is a somewhat sheltered corner for a comfortable seat in the sun between the greenhouse, espalier fruit and raised beds for growing vegetables.

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