First of all, sorry for this long post. And thanks in advance for anyone who can contribute to my dilemma.

We moved in a new house last year to Middle Tennessee from Florida, and there was nothing in the landscape but what the builder's added to the front of the house. We have all this clay so I bought us an auger, we went to the local nurseries, and started adding a bed at a time along with trees here and there (Shumard Oak, Chinese Pistache, Black Gum Tupelo, Northern Red Oak, Eastern Redbud, Burgundy Belle, and Clump River Birch).

Our hope is to eventually connect all the beds around the perimeter of our property to have a living "fence" of sorts. All of this with HOA approval, of course. We also have added in all the beds, Emerald Green Arborvitae (love), Golden Mops (love), Loropetalum (love), and Emerald 'n Gold Euonymus (Not sure about these, we think a rabbit ate one to the ground this winter. We found it clearly cut, and we have seen a small rabbit in the yard) The other Euonymus survived but they look so dead from far away. We are in the cul-de-sac, not dead on, so our yard is triangular in shape but our house is more towards the house in the middle of the cul-de-sac. So, that leaves us alot of yard on one side. Actually the length of the house behind it. The grass is bermuda in the front, which I love. And fescue in the back, which I can live without, but I don't hate. It's just, for some reason, the fescue did not develop well on this side of the yard. You can see in the pic some bare spots where we will be adding the new bed. We will probably seed some more fescue in the fall. This part of the yard is located on the NW side which doesn't get alot of morning or afternoon sun.

We've decided not to get a fence. We'd rather put the money into landscaping our yard. The problems is, we found, the house behind our side yard was a foreclosure early after it was bought brand new, and some company bought it, and started renting it out. We had no trouble with the previous renter. They kept their back yard clean, tied up their dogs, etc....But they moved out, I assume because they were tired of living without a fence. They really needed one because they had a huge dog. After a few months of winter, the house has been empty but kept up. Now, with Spring arriving, there is a new renter. She has a small dog that she just opens the door and lets out to roam the neighborhood, including my yard and beds. The dog is adorable but really, I'm not understanding the owner and why she would allow her dog to do this. He ran out into our street yesterday, and there is construction next door. So dangerous.

Furthermore, she has junked up the back porch, which you can see from the street. I've contacted HOA. They are sending a letter to the owner to make sure that they gave this renter all the covenents, bylaws, and restriction information, which includes leashing a dog if you don't have a fence, and unsightly conditions. In the meantime, we need to get busy with the "fence" on this end hoping it will cover her back porch, and help her see that our yard is not an extension of the property she is renting.

We know we want some larger Emerald Green Arborvitae, and all the rest that we have added to the other beds, except maybe the Euonymus. Does anyone have any other suggestions that would make it hard to walk through from her yard to ours that would grow fast and beautiful with the other plants I've mentioned? Not trying to be mean, but we are really trying to get the Fescue to grow in this area also, and don't want a daily walk through from anyone.

Thank you!