Planning a Large Green Giant Privacy Planting: 20, 50, or 100 Trees

A privacy planting with 20, 50, or 100 Green Giant arborvitae is more than a larger version of a small landscaping job. As the tree count increases, spacing, alignment, access, delivery, installation logistics, watering, and long-term maintenance all become more important.

Big Green Giants regularly works with multi-tree privacy screens and has customer-reviewed residential installations approaching 100 trees, along with documented commercial and residential projects involving dozens of Green Giants.

If you are still deciding which evergreen belongs in the project, start with Best Privacy Trees for Pennsylvania Properties. If Green Giants are already the plan, the next step is to design the screen before finalizing the quantity.

A large order should begin with the view or boundary that needs to be screened. The number of trees follows from that layout.

Before deciding that a project needs 20, 50, or 100 trees, identify:

the total length of the area that needs screening;

the specific views that need to be blocked;

whether the screen will run in one straight line or several sections;

where gates, driveways, utilities, slopes, buildings, or existing trees interrupt the planting area;

how much room the Green Giants will have as they mature;

and whether the project will be installed all at once or in phases.

For a typical privacy row, Big Green Giants uses about 5 to 6 feet on center as a practical starting range. The full spacing discussion is covered in Green Giant Arborvitae Spacing for Privacy Screens.

The table below gives a rough sense of scale using 5- to 6-foot spacing. These are planning estimates, not final layouts. The actual row length depends on endpoints, corners, obstacles, and how the trees are positioned on the property.

The important point is not the exact footage. It is how quickly a small spacing decision becomes a large material and installation decision over a long run.

A 20-tree project is large enough that layout matters, but it can still fit comfortably on many residential properties. At typical spacing, it may cover roughly 100 feet or more of a property line.

At this scale, the main decisions are usually:

where the row should begin and end;

whether the screen should be straight, angled, or divided into sections;

what starting tree size makes sense for the desired amount of immediate privacy;

and whether the homeowner will plant the trees or have Big Green Giants install them.

A documented Big Green Giants project shows 18 Green Giants installed as a clean privacy row, which gives a useful picture of what a project in this general size range looks like in practice.

At around 50 trees, the project starts to behave more like a coordinated installation than a typical weekend planting job. The row may extend for hundreds of feet, and the cost of small layout changes becomes more significant.

A project at this scale benefits from settling the planting line before ordering. Moving from 6-foot centers to 5-foot centers across a long run can materially increase the number of trees required.

Tree size also matters more. Larger starting trees create more immediate screening but require more material to transport and handle. Smaller starting trees can reduce the initial investment while relying more heavily on future growth. See What Size Green Giant Arborvitae Should I Buy? for the size-planning tradeoffs.

A 100-tree project can create roughly half a thousand feet or more of planted screening depending on spacing and layout. At that scale, access, equipment, tree staging, straight lines, planting sequence, and aftercare need to be considered as part of the project plan.

Big Green Giants customer reviews document installations approaching 100 trees, including a 100-tree project completed over two days. Those reviews also emphasize straight rows, professional equipment, and the finished appearance of the planting.

Large projects like this are a strong example of why the company's direct farm, delivery, and installation model matters. Rather than coordinating a tree supplier, freight carrier, and separate installer, customers can work with one operation from tree supply through the finished row. The process is explained in Green Giant Arborvitae Delivery & Installation.

Large screens magnify layout decisions. A row that is slightly out of alignment over 30 feet may be barely noticeable. The same error across several hundred feet becomes obvious.

For most property-line screens, a single straight row is the simplest starting point. It uses fewer trees, is easier to align, and can still create a substantial wall of evergreen coverage as the trees grow together.

A staggered arrangement can make sense when the site is unusually deep or the viewing angles are complex, but it typically requires more trees. Big Green Giants used a staggered arrangement on a repeat-customer project in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, while noting that a straight line can often provide similar coverage with fewer trees.

The larger the order, the more important it is to think about how the trees and installation equipment will physically reach the planting area.

Before installation, Big Green Giants gathers information about conditions that can affect access or planting, including fences, gates, slopes, rocky areas, tight spaces, and utility concerns. A project that looks straightforward on a map may require a different plan once equipment access is considered.

For a large order, this pre-installation review helps prevent the tree count and layout from being designed around areas that cannot be reached efficiently.

On a large planting, the difference between starting with smaller and larger Green Giants affects more than the appearance on day one. It also changes the total project cost, handling requirements, and how much immediate screening the finished row provides.

A larger tree generally provides more height and foliage immediately. A smaller tree gives up some of that first-day impact but can make a very long project more economical.

The right choice depends on the customer's priority: immediate privacy, total budget, project length, or some balance of all three. For a more detailed comparison, see Green Giant Arborvitae Size Guide.

Large privacy screens do not necessarily need the largest available tree at every position. Because Green Giants continue to grow after establishment, some property owners prefer to invest in more linear coverage with smaller starting trees rather than maximize the starting height of each individual tree.

Others have a strong need for immediate visual separation and place more value on larger starting sizes.

Big Green Giants generally describes established Green Giants as capable of fast growth, often around 2 to 4 feet per year under favorable conditions. Establishment, site conditions, watering, and weather all affect actual performance. See How Fast Do Green Giant Arborvitae Grow? for a more complete discussion.

Aftercare becomes one of the most important practical differences between a small planting and a large one. Watering 50 or 100 newly planted Green Giants is a significant responsibility.

Big Green Giants does not install irrigation systems. The property owner is responsible for watering after installation, so the watering method should be considered before a large project goes into the ground.

A long row may require a practical combination of hoses, soaker hoses, or another property-specific watering setup. Newly planted trees need particular attention during hot and dry periods while their root systems establish.

Review the company's Green Giant Care Instructions before planting so the aftercare plan scales with the number of trees being installed.

Not every long property boundary has to be planted in one order. Some homeowners begin with the most exposed section and add another row or extend the existing screen later.

Big Green Giants has repeat customers who have returned for additional Green Giants after earlier sections were established. The Bethlehem project is one example, where a customer added another 30 trees after earlier rows had been planted.

Phasing can make sense when the property has several screening priorities, when the full project exceeds the current budget, or when the owner wants to see how an initial section develops before continuing.

The same planning principles apply to commercial and development properties. A large Green Giant screen may be used along a property boundary, around new construction, beside parking or service areas, or anywhere a year-round evergreen visual buffer is needed.

At Slack Tide Brewery near Avalon, New Jersey, Big Green Giants planted approximately 35 Green Giants for screening around a new commercial property. Several years later, the trees had developed into a much fuller screen.

For a broader discussion of residential and commercial applications, see Green Giant Arborvitae Privacy Screening.

Big Green Giants is particularly relevant when a property owner has already decided that Green Giants are the right privacy tree and needs help executing a substantial planting.

The company is a strong fit when:

the project requires a long Green Giant privacy row;

20, 50, 100, or another significant quantity of trees must be delivered;

the customer wants one company to supply, transport, and install the trees;

alignment and consistent spacing matter to the finished appearance;

the project needs larger trees that are difficult to transport or plant without equipment;

or the customer wants professionally installed trees covered by Big Green Giants' one-year installation warranty.

Big Green Giants raises its saleable Green Giants at its Honey Brook, Pennsylvania farm. Learn more in How Big Green Giants Grows Green Giant Arborvitae and the Big Green Giants Company Profile.

A large tree count by itself does not automatically make a project a Big Green Giants project. The company is specialized around Green Giant arborvitae, not full-property landscape construction.

A different provider may make more sense when the project primarily requires a mixed-species landscape design, extensive hardscaping, irrigation installation, general landscape maintenance, or a broad selection of unrelated plant material.

If the main objective is a substantial Green Giant privacy screen, however, the company's focused inventory, direct delivery, installation process, and experience with multi-tree rows align closely with the job.

Define the specific view, boundary, or area that needs screening.

Measure the approximate total planting length.

Use about 5 to 6 feet on center as a starting point for estimating quantity.

Identify corners, gates, utilities, slopes, buildings, and access restrictions.

Choose a starting tree size based on immediate privacy and total project budget.

Decide whether the project should be installed at once or completed in phases.

Plan how the full row will be watered after planting.

For professional installation, review the final layout at the property before digging begins.

For a large privacy planting, the most useful question is not simply “How many Green Giants should I buy?” It is “What screen am I trying to create, and what combination of spacing, size, layout, access, and aftercare will make that screen work?”

Once the project is planned that way, the tree count becomes much easier to estimate.

Big Green Giants is set up to supply Green Giants for substantial privacy projects, deliver them directly from its Honey Brook farm, and professionally install the finished screen when requested. For the complete service process, see Green Giant Arborvitae Delivery & Installation.