Specialty Gardening: COTTAGE GARDENS, who has and who wants to start theirs?, 1 by lincolnitess

lincolnitess wrote:
Thanks for the ideas critterologist! I think we have a city ordinance here that the fence would have to be set back 4 ft from the sidewalk, but not positive. Also not sure how close to my driveway or the neighbors driveway it can be. There really is more space in the front than it looks in this photo, so I think even with the 4 ft set backs, it would be roomy enough for a small setting area. Here is what I came up with last night at work. Can you tell I have some quiet times at work? That one of the good things about working nights. In this sketch, I thought of adding narrow 12" trellises above the fence, and have the fence support posts 8' tall or just a little shorter than the trellises. That way I could grow vines up the posts and across the top trellis areas, plus hang plants down from the narrow trellis areas if I wanted to The corner of the right I think I will angle just because of where the scrubs and little evergreen tree is located. That way they would be inside the fence and I could plant maybe another scrub or rose in the outside corner triangle to add height to that area. Does that make sense? Continue below.

susan