Corner plot house front garden suggestions

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  1. Whitehawk

    Whitehawk Apprentice Gardener

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    Hi

    I have a corner plot new build house where the pavement runs around the edge. Annoying a minority cut across our garden to save themselves 5 seconds and I'm determined to stop them with a fence or hedge.

    The trouble is the hedge will take a while to establish and the fencing I've seen so far isn't very attractive for a front garden

    Is there any attractive fencing for a front garden or any other ideas to stop people cutting across my garden?
     
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    Pyracantha will stop them in their tracks! You can install a temporary trellis perhaps while the hedge grows
     
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    If I lived in the UK, I would be thinking of Barberry as a first choice hedge, or possibly Blackthorn. As @Loofah says above, with a temporary trellis until the hedge grows.

    The UK is far too warm for my real first choice hedging to stop people taking short cuts through a garden.
     
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    How big is the perimeter you want to fence off?

    Could you not put a low picket fence to show that it is a garden and not public land?

    Rusty
     
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