[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by bsloan1960

This OP was seeking answers to a specific question. Your comment is unrelated to that question.

Factually, not true. The OP was asking how other Villagers landscape around the utility boxes. My post clearly addresses that question. I use no specific landscaping to hide the boxes. A lot of other Villagers do the same thing.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by MrChip72

I planted a couple of dwarf fruit trees around 6 feet from each of mine (ARC approved). I almost forgot that they're there. The trees are about 3 feet tall and almost as wide so can't see them at all from my lanai.

I planted so called dwarf fruit trees, 7 years later they looked like the regular fruit trees.

[n8xwb]

My neighbor is hiding one out front with a fake rock.....

[sowilts]

Originally Posted by lvshworles

From my lanai, I see these 3 ugly utility boxes! I was wondering how other Villagers landscape them, and make it acceptable accessing to utility co.? Great if photos could be submitted!!!
Thanking you in advance!!!

We have two near the Cart Garage. Will stay exposed as they have been for 4 years. We live at Linden. South of 44. To many problems could develop.

[KeithRiz]

Getting ready to sell our Maryland house and move to TV. I have covered several utility boxes with various sizes of fake rocks that I bought online from Amazon. They are made from some sort of durable plastic and are easy to pick up and move, but also heavy enough that they don’t blow away.

[Villagesgal]

You can buy landscape screens that are temporary so can be removed when the utility company comes to check. They look nice and hide the boxes. Check Homedepot, Lowes and Amazon. They are sold to hide a.c. units but also work for utility boxes.

[Burgy]

I believe it's 4ft.

[Cliff Fr]

Buy some of the plastic hedge panels that lowes sells. They can be removed easily

[Bomarsh]

Originally Posted by lvshworles

From my lanai, I see these 3 ugly utility boxes! I was wondering how other Villagers landscape them, and make it acceptable accessing to utility co.? Great if photos could be submitted!!!
Thanking you in advance!!!

Try Lowes or Home Depot , they sell a fake hedge you just stick in the ground.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

There's a box on the property line between my house and the neighbor's. It has some neat looking grasses and flowers surrounding it. They're all weeds since neither of us planted them. But they're pretty so they stay. If the utility company needs us to cut them down, we will. And then we'll ignore them again so they can grow back, until the next time the utility company needs to get in.

[bark4me]

Originally Posted by lvshworles

From my lanai, I see these 3 ugly utility boxes! I was wondering how other Villagers landscape them, and make it acceptable accessing to utility co.? Great if photos could be submitted!!!
Thanking you in advance!!!

Put plants on the 3 sides blocking your view of them

[Papa_lecki]

I had a house where i build a ‘box’ out of lattice. I used zip ties to tie them together, it looked great - just slide over.

[HORNET]

Call the Electric Company, then go to Community Standards and let them tell the real story. May save you in the long run!

[Pairadocs]

Originally Posted by lvshworles

From my lanai, I see these 3 ugly utility boxes! I was wondering how other Villagers landscape them, and make it acceptable accessing to utility co.? Great if photos could be submitted!!!
Thanking you in advance!!!

You better check out anything you are thinking of doing with the utilities. Our neighbors had to remove their banana tree which they planted in their own yard to enhance the view from their lanai and "hide" the box to some degree. Then other neighbors were made to have their shrubs removed (at some expense since they were tall and mature) because they were found to be too close to the utility box... though they were a considerable distance from the actual box !

[Pairadocs]

Originally Posted by HORNET

Call the Electric Company, then go to Community Standards and let them tell the real story. May save you in the long run!

Good advice, as some of our neighbors could tell you after their experiences with the utility people !