georgi02 "follow some simple guidelines, the ones that people frequently aren't told when buying wall gardens and you end up finding out the hard way" Plant walls are fashionable and seem ideal for small spaces but it would be good if the stores that sell the bits and pieces told people it's not just a trendy decor item, it needs some gardening expertise. mutcherson, is there any space between that deck and the fence? IMO the most successful low-maintenance gardening is the right choice of plant growing in the ground. As soon as you start messing around with unusual plants, unusual containers, unusual locations, you start having additional challenges. But I reckon if you want it's worth having another try with a wall using georgi02 's instructions. Succulents are easy to grow from cuttings and forgiving of lack of water. When you take cuttings of succulents you are supposed to put them aside for a while before potting them and I have found pieces I forgot I cut weeks earlier and managed to grow them. I have had some problems with succulents but that was because of frost so you you won't have that challenge.

I'd go for the higher privacy screens within your own boundary. Get a car junk yard to store some old crushed car bodies on piled high on top of each other for 3-6 months to create the screen. They will be au fait with safely securing them. They may even pay for the temporary space leaving you with enough money to later build a truly aesthetically pleasing barrier, something like that big reflective glass barrier to her if she doesn't move! Hopefully she will decide to move when that is all she can see. My dad actually used this strategy successfully with a problem neighbour in the past! Meanwhile have a chat to a lawyer. We have one of those problem neighbours who complains about (non) barking dogs and gets her kicks by watching us put out washing. She now looks onto my chicken coop and thought it was a dog kennel. It makes me feel like going naked when I tend the chickens to give her something to really scare her and having a heavy metal rock band rehearse regularly in my garage. It is horrible to be overlooked by a neighbour who is so problematic and likes to use your family as her reality television set! Do check with a lawyer about her possible trespass onto your property. My guess is she used Round Up on a windy day!

great looking house and congrats for thinking about privacy!..depending on aspect (N, S, E or W?) and amount of sun and light you want and if you have a view on this side then old fashioned venetians provide a great amount of mutual privacy but if you just want light without view then putting the windows up above the wall cabinets in the kitchen and in the same line in the dining room with or without any height vertical window hard into the corner of the dining room will mean that you have to stand right next to the window to see out...BTW glass/window splashbacks are a pain to keep clean, especially clear glass, so if you want to keep the window at bench height in the kitchen the frosted glass will give light without looking so dirty all the time and a mix of heights and window shapes will look interesting from outside...see suggested inside view

A screen shot leaving out personal details will suffice. The main thing with designing in Tasmania to allow a spot out of the wind if designing an outdoor room or as with a conservatory, natural light with ventilation to let heat out in summer/direct sunlight. It can end up being an expensive green house.... However the sun in Tasmania is very strong and will burn very quickly so a glass roof would act like a magnifying glass..... I believe your architect is right even without seeing plans.