In the series of photos below i ll show you how we landscaped around our utility boxes.
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The best you can do is try to live in harmony with them.
Although you can t move the box it doesn t need to take center stage.
Detached garages sheds gazebos patios and decks are other places to consider the use of foundation shrubs.
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A transformer box is an essential piece of equipment that provides electrical service to one or more houses.
Typically green transformer boxes can be 3 to 4.
I left good clearance around the electrical access in case the linemen ever needed.
Landscaping around utility boxes and lines.
Landscaping around electrical boxes i recently read an article in a well known garden magazine that gave several options for landscaping around enclosures for underground distribution systems.
We didn t just disguise them we made the area very productive to the point where it s paying us back for our investment.
I was amazed and dismayed at how little the author had researched the subject from the practicability point of view.
You have plans to live off the grid they re a fact of life and they unfortunately aren t usually designed with aesthetics in mind.
Foundation shrubs can be used many places in a landscape wherever you want to soften the look of a man made structure.
Utility boxes vary in size but even a smaller utility box looks conspicuous among carefully manicured ornamental plants.
The electric transformer box in your yard serves an important purpose but it can also be a serious eyesore.
Landscaping around utility boxes.
How to landscape a transformer box.
In this example a large stark lamp post is softened with some small shrubs planted around the base.
Well placed hedges plantings or screens will help draw the attention away from the box and onto the yard s more decorative elements.