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Originally Posted by queasy27
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In addition to boundary lines and shrubbery privacy/height restrictions, I'm sure you wouldn't make access difficult by planting around any meters, electrical or cable boxes.  |
Without question, the most common request after "Lot's of color" and "Low Maintenance", is to block the view of the utility boxes.
Most of the so called self taught designers will do whatever your idea is, just to sell the job. This area takes a designer with experience and forethought to keep within the rules of the actual UTILITY COMPANIES, and keep with the design theme of your landscape as well.. Yes, they actually have rules that are NOT included in what the ARC is looking for. There are County, City, and even State regulations that possibly come into play here, and are not deleted because the ARC is ok with it.
Also, the designer should not be creating a more difficult maintenance situation in this area for you, as often happens. Because as we all know, LOW MAINTENACE, was what you asked for, even BEFORE you asked to stop looking at those ugly utility boxes.
The most common mistake that seems to be requested, is that we move some ugly bushes we are taking out from the front of the house, to this location. Why put a shrub here you don't enjoy looking at , to hide boxes you don't like looking at? It would probably cost about the same to plant something nice between you and your eyesore.