You don't need to wait years for a private garden: some fast-growing hedges, including laurel and Leylandii, can block nosy neighbours in less than a year.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images / seven75 Good fences may make good neighbors, but let’s face it­, fences are not very charming. There’s a better, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Create the privacy you long for without a hefty price tag by planting a “living wall” of shrubs. Getty Images /seven75 Good fences ...

Adaptable and easy to grow, California bay laurel is native to the West Coast and the only tree of the Lauraceae family found in the western United States. It grows best in full sun to partial shade ...

Good fences may make good neighbors, but let’s face it­, fences are not very charming. There’s a better, more attractive solution out there—hedge plants. Hedges are shrubs planted close together to ...