Urban landscape design handbook

From chapter V: Concealing an undesirable entryway

Tip#23: If you find that your front entryway is either too obvious and causes too many uninvited stop-overs from friends, or if it is in need of serious revamping and an embarrassment, you can have a giant maple topple over in a wind storm to temporarily conceal it. It is unlikely that the city will allow you to use this as a permanent solution but it will buy you some time.