When we purchased our home, the east facing wall featured a delightfully hideous awning and two conifer trees . . . See Below!
Not quite Max or my taste!
Though, look how lush the lawn looked! (The past month of no rain has sucked our lawn dry!)
Our shade solution!
Ornamental grapes + trellis = SHADE!
Max and I designed and constructed the trellis and planted two ornamental grape plants. It’s not perfect and a wee bit wonky, but we love it! Hopefully in 18 months we will have full, leafy coverage and be able to benefit from the shade protection and lovely greenery!
I still need to paint the timber and plant a few ground coverage plants, but for now we are both very happy with the results.
* The grape on the left has already grown up to the timber beam! Grow my precious, GROW!