Several different evergreen shrubs.

When planting the shrubs leave plenty of space between them and the ramp. Plant them too close and you will be constantly trimming the growth on the ramp side.

A few nice shrubs between the ramp and the tree could cover parts of it. I don't think it's necessary to cover it all if you have a few nice plants to draw your eye away from the ramp. Make sure the bushes don't grow too tall so they impede the view of the house.

the ramp is not assembled well. Is this a temporary ramp? A well-constructed ramp will not have "bumps" between sections.

From what is the ramp made? wood boards or concrete sidewalk?

If the ramp is a concrete sidewalk, you likely don't need all those rails until the sidewalk rises above ground level.

If the ramp is wood, you don't want to add plants that will block sun that would dry the ramp after rain. Lattice would just add to the project you want to hide ... (hide from the road?).

Since the ramp is already built, adding a couple rows of shrubs that keep their leaves and look good year round that will thrive in your planting zone may be your best choice, however, you shouldn't plant them beside the ramp.

Plant the rows of shrubs or trees that you choose at the front edge of your yard alongside the roadway -- the roadway from which you wish to hide a visual of the ramp. Plant the first row of them about six feet or so apart and then plant the second row about six feet behind so that the plants in the second row line up with the empty space between the shrubs or trees in the first row.

In Zone 7 Aucuba bushes will keep their leaves and look good year round.

If you ever need to replace the ramp, instead of rebuilding it back where it is, consider altering your driveway so the ramp begins on the right side of the house and can be much shorter to get from where it begins to where it needs to end. A driveway across the front yard will be less visual "clutter" than any ramp.

One of my favorite episodes of Love It or List It is when Hilary transformed a house to be wheelchair friendly. She designed a wooden fence to hide the wheelchair ramp and also integrated in a front porch. I couldn't find pics, but did find a video: https://www.facebook.com/HGTV/videos/love-it-or-list-it/2347490362180648/

If screening with shrubs, or anything really, the overall looks will not be improved. In fact, it will be worse. I'd accept it as is. You could do something to improve the looks of the property by removing low limbs on trees. The tree at the left has an unattractive structural form. I'd consider removing it entirely.

I don’t understand why the ramp didn’t just turn to the left at the tree and up to the door.

eveuchan:

Ramp rise is 1 in 12 with lots of other restrictions. You can't just build whatever.

Yardvaark I love your wor,k on this site but I don't understand why you say that good landscaping in front of the house would not improve it. It looks pretty bare now. What difference does it make that there is a ramp behind attractive landscaping?

Right now the ramp doesn’t even appear to be usable. Sections are not connected, giving an up and down rickety visual. The design of the rails, I think, are nice and sleek and work in your favor. If you repair the ramp it will instantly look better. I do think if your yard got a little loving, with a major lawn improvement, and the grass properly cut and weedwacked around the ramp, it would help a lot. I don't know what that metal frame thing is in front of the ramp, but it's got to go.

!st build a proper ramp with railing that is cohesive . The pitch is wrong and needs to fixed so start over get rid of the gray stand out front that makes no sense . It seems to me there should be a way to access the front door differently to avoid that long convoluted path . Get a pro out that does these and see if you can get a bteer way. As for hiding it some lanscaping will help.

Wheelchair lift instead of ramp ?

Thank you for your feedback everyone. For those questioning the integrity of the ramp @eveuchan @Patricia Colwell Consulting @PRN @Louise Smith, it is assembled and installed by the Veteran's Hospital to the specifications required by law. As @Joseph Corlett, LLC pointed out, it has to be 12 inches long per inch of height of the porch, resulting in its massively long size. Also there are two flat sections along the ramp, making the ramp appear wonky. There are side barriers along the ramp part, but not on the flat part, making it look uneven from the street. Again, this has given me a lot of valuable input and I really appreciate everyone for the feedback!

@partim Thank you for the suggestions!

@chiflipper Good point, thank you!

@suezbell The ramp is made of all metal. Thanks for the great suggestions!

@stine What a awesome video and result! That would be amazing. Thanks for sharing!

@calidesign Thank you for the suggestions and pointers!

@Yardvaark Thank you for the suggestions.

@Snaggy Thanks for the feedback. I agree that a lift would have been much less of an eyesore, but unfortunately it is not an option.

Is it finished? I’m asking because I see bumpy surfaces. It doesn’t seem to be regulation with those.

https://www.houzz.com/photos/query/handicapped-ramps-and-grades/nqrwns

"I don't understand why you say that good landscaping in front of the house would not improve it." As the ramp spans the entire house, I have too hard a time imagining it would really end up being "good landscaping." Hiding the elephant in the room is a tricky devil. The elephant is a given size, but the size of what it takes to hide it is, be definition, even bigger. Doing all of this hiding, naturally, hides the entrance, the approach path to it, and half the house. Even if the hiding device is comprised of lovely things, its net effect, which includes hiding all the things in addition to the ramp, is a negative. The house ends up looking not proud, but obscured. The approach is not welcoming, but a (maybe) pretty barricade.

On a similar note, I've seen many people go out of their way to hide utility apparatii in the yard with gigantic shrubs. Usually these are trimmed badly and end up looking like eyesores much larger than what was originally being hidden. I conclude that it is better to endure the ramp during its tenure there. This is not to say that prettying the area in some way is bad. It's hard to imagine that hiding the ramp could pull that off.

I can think of some fixes. May be some combination of these fixes will help.

I straightened your picture which I think was making some people question the ramp.

I would try to disguise the railing and ramp as much as possible. Where you can see under the ramp, add facing so that it is solid white. Then as you look up towards the front door, you are not contrasting the white railing and ramp with the dark area under it.

Is repainting the front of the house in the budget? If so, paint it the same white as the ramp and railing. Choose a white front door. In short, anything that is not white that you can see behind a railing, should be painted the same colour, white.

So remove the shrub that is against the house, again because its dark colour emphases the railing in front of it. Remove the tree for the same reason.

Plant evergreen shrubs across the yard. No need to plant close to the ramp, as long as the shrubs are tall enough to cover it from most angles. My drawing is sort of blah just to give you the idea. Hopefully you will have a few different types for interest.

So, then draw the eye to the attractive areas of the house. I would add eye-catching contrasting shutters in dark or bright colours. Add pots of flowers at the front of the bed that repeat the shutter colour. If you want, you could even face the chimney with stone or brick, or even just paint it differently from the rest of the house. It's an attractive feature.

I don't really like the triangular holes near the chimney top, and I would fill them in.

I didn’t read all of this, but I did see one person commented about an HGTV show that transformed a property to be wheel-chair friendly. I remember that episode too. This is how they did it.

Yes!!!!!