PROJECT STORY
Situation, Work, and Result
Situation
The homeowner wanted screening from the neighbors, and the priority was privacy that worked right away. This was not a small starter row planted with the expectation that the yard would stay exposed for several seasons. The plan used six arborvitae that were about 10 feet tall at installation. That height mattered because the screen already had enough vertical presence to change the view as soon as the crew finished. For homeowners comparing privacy-tree sizes, this project shows why the 8-10 ft recommendation matters when the goal is immediate coverage instead of a long wait.
The Work
Orlando's crew installed the six arborvitae as a row in about two hours. The trees were set with privacy screening in mind, using the roughly 5 ft on-center spacing standard as the practical layout reference for a tight evergreen screen. The work was straightforward but exacting: align the row, set each tree upright, keep spacing consistent, and finish the planting zone so the screen looked intentional from the yard. With 10-foot material, handling and placement matter because small alignment errors show immediately across the full row.
Result
The screen worked the day the crew left. That is the central point of this project. Smaller trees can be the right choice when budget or access points that way, but this install shows the value of starting with larger arborvitae when the homeowner wants privacy now. Six trees, roughly 10 feet tall, changed the neighbor sightline in one visit. The finished row gave the yard a defined evergreen barrier without asking the homeowner to wait years before the screen began doing its job.
