Fencing

While its importance as an element of garden design is sometimes disregarded, fencing is an integral part of both the aesthetics and useability of your garden. Garden fencing will differ between the front and back of properties, with higher and more tough wooden fencing commonly being used in the rear garden, while the front of the property often makes use of more compact and more ornamental fencing. Fencing for the front of the home tends to have a low height and large spaces between the wooden slats. Also, it is often coloured to improve its decorative effect. Fencing in the back garden is typically used for privacy and to protect the boundaries of a garden, as well as to keep household pets or other small animals or wildlife either in or out. Because of this, these sorts of fences are about 6 feet high and use wooden slats without spaces in between. Due to the added height, these fences generally have concrete footings laid between each panel to offer strength and stop the fence from blowing over or being destroyed in poor weather. Garden fencing sections are generally constructed from wood. The posts in between the panels are manufactured from either wood, stone, or concrete. More recently, fence panels have started to be made of heavily recycled and sustainable composite materials such as recycled bamboo.