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  Dave Sewell February 1, 2012 at 12:57pm

  Jill,

  I think I'd avoid stressing about the choice of hedge and go for what you fancy. At 3 feet wide it's going to make no difference at all to traffic noise. I think a shelter belt of 20-metres is about the starting point for noise reduction or, as Duncan has mentioned, an impractibly high solid fence.

  Dave
  www.the-gardenmakers.co.uk
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  Jill Le Claire February 1, 2012 at 4:51pm

  
  Can create a hedge a metre wide and up to 2 m high-soil will be o.K. as we will be replacing badly compressed soil (post-builders).  The road is about 10 m from the garden.  Many thanks
  cba too cold said:

  soil type and depth? is there much depth with the trees, is there much light through the trees or are they dense and block out a lot of light? how wide are the limits for the hedge can it be 3ft wide or will it need to be kept 1ft wide?  how high can it go?
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  Jill Le Claire February 1, 2012 at 4:53pm

  Great-how about deciduous with variegated foliage -- worried about the north facing aspect.
  
  cba too cold said:

  moving away from some of the norm but that would survive a wooded environment assuming the soil is slightly acid - eleagnus, rhodedendron, lonicera nitida, choisya, pieris, cotoneaster. all year round foliage, hardy, flowers, varying sizes
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  Benedict Green February 1, 2012 at 5:21pm

  I agree that that a hedge will not actually reduce noise in terms of decibels, but may provide a psychological reduction if you can't see the traffic. A soil bund i.e. a compacted mound of earth with a hedge on top would work or an acoustic fence - Jakoustic or similar - that could then have a hedge in front or have climbers covering it. These solutions would of course be much more expensive and a bund would need more space than you have.