Peter Dowdall: How screening adds a new dimension to the garden 

'We find ourselves using our garden more rather than glancing at it through the kitchen window, and it is often only now that we notice what it needs'

Most of us can't wait to get into our gardens each morning at this time of year. File pictures

Around about now, as the temperatures begin to climb and the evenings stretch out, the garden starts calling us back. We find ourselves outside more, coffee in hand, actually using the space rather than glancing at it through the kitchen window, and it is often only now that we notice what it needs, what is missing.

For many gardens, what is missing is a screen, and I don’t mean of the electronic variety. Mor do I necessarily mean a fence or a wall, though sometimes those are the right answer, but something that gives the space a sense of enclosure and privacy.