Thank You. We love the way it looks too, and yes it is extremely effective because of those holes in the back. Really there is nothing wrong with using trees as a screen or barrier but in this case the original trees had become ineffective and there was not time or room to use new ones for an acceptable acoustical result. The Art Vinyl sound fence is far superior to the trees for 3 reasons. One because it forms a solid sound barrier with no gaps for the noise to get through, two because as an assembly it is a better blocker , and there is more absorption in the right place, and three because it was much more cost effective.