About this time every year as we anticipate warm weather and outdoor living, privacy in our backyards comes under scrutiny. And once again we long for an 8-foot screen to shield a neighbor or some ...

Bamboo is well known for spreading aggressively once planted in the garden. It is the main reason people give for not growing bamboo. What if you could move your bamboo screen whenever you wish ...

Could I convince someone to NOT plant bamboo? Though it grows fast, is somewhat attractive, and provides a thick privacy border, it will take over quicker than one can keep up with it. And once we ...

Q: Our landscape architect wants us to plant timber bamboo as a screen along one side of our house. It would look beautiful, but I am concerned about the bamboo damaging the foundation of the house.

The family home is located on a tight and long narrow plot bordered on three sides by houses with shared walls — the only free opening is towards the street. In order to bring more daylight and fresh ...

*All recommendations within this article are informed by expert editorial opinion. If you click on a link in this story we will earn affiliate revenue. SPENDING time in the garden in summer is one of ...

THE OUTDOOR space of 29 Gray Street (see page 4) is less a yard and more an atmospheric oasis in the middle of the city. Designed by the owners and executed by Dave Heffernan of Deck Additions ...

AS the weather is finally warming up, many green-fingered Brits are working on their gardens to get them summer-ready. Luckily, if you're on the lookout to give your outdoor space a glow-up on the ...

A villager cuts bamboo into slices for making bamboo screen at Xiaoling village of Dingjiaqiao town in Jingxian county, east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 15, 2019. The bamboo screen is an essential ...