Width at the base for hedge

hello

we bought our outdoor flooring online, where we always had to take full pallets. mathematically, we have 12 sqm of paving bricks left over, with which I want to frame our lawn (mowing edge). however, the situation is that all our neighbors are still further behind us (or not even sold yet) and also the street (corner plot) has not yet been converted from the construction road to the finished street. of course, I know where the boundary is, but I want to make the edge only when the one behind (neighbor/city) is also involved or finished. however, I definitely want to finish the lawn this year including the lawn curb. but how close to the boundary should I go if only the hedge is supposed to come behind it. do you have any experience with that? I was thinking about approximately 60-80 cm? we don’t yet know which hedge it will be.

We consistently have a bed width as a border of at least 100cm. You also have to observe certain planting distances from the boundary. It gets tight with small plots...

1 meter ok sounds doable. Our garden is 17.5x20 meters in size due to an optimal plot. If we deduct 1 meter each from the 20-meter width, the lawn would be a maximum of 18 meters wide. Sounds good. The only problem is that we don't know how to handle it with the neighbors. If an agreement could be reached about the hedge, it could run exactly on the boundary, and you would only need 50-60 cm. Or is that not how it’s usually done? But how would it work if everyone then plants their own hedge? How do you cut between them?

In the case of two hedges, you have the accordingly wide bed so that you can reach it. We have almost all set a small fence (60-120cm) at our place. That is not a barrier yet and each side can plant whatever they want.

Well, a fence really costs a lot of money and also involves a lot of work with foundations for the posts. We just want some privacy. We didn't actually want to lock anything in or out.

A hedge can also be quite expensive. In addition, it must be trimmed regularly, which over time is not liked by everyone.

Please observe the applicable regulations regarding the hedge setback.

With us (NRW) it is like this.

Hedges up to 2 meters high must have a distance of 50 cm and over 2 meters a distance of 1 meter. The distance is apparently measured from the boundary to the shoots facing the boundary.

Please find out how it is handled in your area yourself.