Hello everyone,
I am currently thinking about the shading for my 5x5m (16x16 ft) wooden deck, which will be used as an outdoor dining area. Normally, I would have installed a louvered roof without hesitation. Until I saw this:
Is such natural shading practical? The distance between the crab apple trees is exactly 5m (16 ft), which matches our dimensions perfectly. Which plants are suitable for this? Preferably not ones that attract a lot of insects...
I am currently thinking about the shading for my 5x5m (16x16 ft) wooden deck, which will be used as an outdoor dining area. Normally, I would have installed a louvered roof without hesitation. Until I saw this:
Is such natural shading practical? The distance between the crab apple trees is exactly 5m (16 ft), which matches our dimensions perfectly. Which plants are suitable for this? Preferably not ones that attract a lot of insects...
I also find it very nice and wouldn’t be too "picky" about the "dirt" if you choose trees that don’t drop fruit or shed a lot of leaves. But a more practical solution might be a pergola or frame that you could cover with grapevines, for example. This also saves space because, as nordanney correctly pointed out, you need quite a bit of room for that.
You can then complement this with a sunshade or umbrella.
You can then complement this with a sunshade or umbrella.
hampshire schrieb:
I don’t, just sweep through occasionally and that’s enough. You gain a lot of quality of life with very little extra effort.
Calling fallen leaves and flowers “dirt” sounds pretty disconnected from nature. Well, if you want to put a table and chairs there and then everything is covered with dirt every day, you don’t feel like cleaning that much every day. Especially bird droppings make everything dirty.
Best regards,
Sabine
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hampshire26 Jun 2020 17:46Bird droppings are not great, but they are not a major issue with plane trees, as their foliage is quite dense. You can look at it either way. A few leaves are not harmful. In fact, this is what we appreciate during our holidays in southern France—the combination of elegance and nonchalance. Constant cleaning will never achieve that. Everyone has their own taste, after all.
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Alessandro7 Aug 2020 09:50We have now made a decision.
There will be shading provided by Norway maple trees around the wooden deck (marked in red).
The slope and dense planting on the south side will be removed, as well as the seating block at the wooden deck.
The tree canopies do not need to overlap, so the trees do not have to be planted as closely together as shown in the picture.
There will be shading provided by Norway maple trees around the wooden deck (marked in red).
The slope and dense planting on the south side will be removed, as well as the seating block at the wooden deck.
The tree canopies do not need to overlap, so the trees do not have to be planted as closely together as shown in the picture.
Winniefred7 Aug 2020 13:07I think that’s great! We will definitely provide natural shading for our pergola as well. On one hand, we already have a large plum tree there (provided it doesn’t die soon from dryness, it doesn’t look very healthy), and on the other hand, I want to use climbing roses for shade. Trees are, of course, also a fantastic solution for more shade. With our tree, a large part of the light shade is already taken care of. It’s not comparable to a louvered roof, and the sound of rustling leaves can’t be replaced by anything.
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