Shaw, whose main pads are his most indigenous front yard outdoors, says that there is more to win than lost people if they are able to know the neighbors who walk past every day, get to know the dogs and you also looked at the gardens and trees of other people, ”he says.
Peter Shaw's Anglese vorgarten feels like spreading to the street.Credit: Claire Takacs
Bowman agrees. “There is a feeling of community and reduces loneliness. It also creates a beautiful place where you can be,” she says.
The residents of Mcelhone Place (or cat alley, as it is better known) in Sydney are old hands. For about 50 years they have been transforming their inner -city alley into a seducing green bag that has gained a wide follower. Without private garden areas, the residents grow trees, shrubs, herbs, climbers, everything in containers on the footpath. The resulting vegetation straps are tight but abundant and only transform them to a port for everyone.
It is a lesson for everyone who lives in a high density area with a small front yard. While fences for Mcelhone Place were never an option, this alley underlines the advantages to have green for everyone.
Bowman says and makes “a big, brave, private fence” only small gardens. High, non -transparent fences also block light and reduce the air flow. She says that informal border markers who can see through – and sometimes even go through – help to make the gardens more attractive and inviting.
In contrast to what you could expect, Bowman says that this approach does not cause any security problems. She says that gardens that feel part of the street landscape have an additional security level because the neighborhood is interested in them. “Large fences and floodlights create more places where you can hide,” she says.
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For a project, Bowman marked the front border line with widely distributed, upright sleeping and without a goal. On the other hand, she used stones that serve as public seats, next to a sign that announces the passers -by is welcome to sit down.
This special garden received a love letter from a particularly passionate fan, but Bowman says that all these open rooms attract strong fans with the street. “They bring neighbors together and trigger more communication.” They also inspire other people to try out similar things themselves.
Peter Shaw says that he likes the idea that the people who share his Anglese garden – by spying on his goal or through his informal stock fence – could be inspired to try something similar in their place.
He encourages those in coastal areas – and who have no pet as he does to completely remove the fence. He says that a variety of plants above the front can be “staggered” in order to provide areas of screening instead. “You can have some shrubs in the chest height and you may be able to go up a bit. Or you want sparse dwarf -neutable e -calyps that you can see through. Think about what your plants should do,” he says.
“The big idea is not to see the street as something that can be scared. Borrow the street landscape and add it. Start a common trend in your street.”
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