Oh my, I didn't return home from work this evening until after dark, when I took this picture. It is from my driveway into the patio off my family room; my "garden room." Here rest my hummy and finch feeders, my miniature rose tree, my patio and garden path, all of which I established approx 10 years ago when I began my gardening career. I replaced the wood fence (which closed off the area abysmally) with the visible livestock fencing to be used as vine structure. This driveway is closed from the street by a driveway gate, which provides the privacy one would want in their backyard in the city. Interestingly, an added-yet-unanticipated benefit is the opening up of the entire yard across the driveway and through the climbing species -- YAY! My expectation was simply to open the patio and the rear backyard to the driveway, not to open them up to each other, if that makes sense. I LOVE the outcome.
Aaaaanyway, here's the largest "window" in the new fence and it's quite pretty to me. The photo was taken in the dark with the fence lights on and the blossoms visible. Mostly what you see is the clematis and the pink jasmine; what you don't see is the Sally Holmes rose to the left of the jasmine, with the rose tree next to Sally.
To be frank with you, I don't know if any of this is appropriate landscape planning, but the end result pleases me.
I hope it pleases you as well.
Linda
