JUNE 21, 2015 LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2015, 1:20 AM
BY JENNIFER V. HUGHES
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Given that New Jersey is the most densely populated state in the nation, it’s easy to understand why a bit of privacy from your neighbors may be hard to come by.
But the right plantings, trees, fencing and other elements can give your yard a little bit of seclusion. A big key is knowing what your town does — and does not — allow.
Leesa Povinelli hired John Freitag, co-owner of Yellow Wagon Landscaping in Ridgefield, to landscape her Ridgefield home to provide a little more privacy. Several years ago he planted a row of arborvitae along the rear, and later this year he’ll put in a line of burning bushes, a deciduous shrub.
“Burning bushes are great,” Freitag said. “They grow aggressively, like 8-10 inches a year and they have super dense leaves so you can’t see through them at all and then they get a nice fire engine red in the fall.”
Povinelli has a 5-foot-tall chain link fence around her property, and her neighbors have different styles of fences, so she was looking to also make her yard look more cohesive. She loved the quick-growing nature of the arborvitae, the skinny evergreen often used to create a soft line of vegetation.
https://www.northjersey.com/towns/landscaping-with-privacy-in-mind-1.1360066
