Fencing

While its value as an aspect of garden design is sometimes disregarded, fencing is a vital part of both the appearance and useability of your garden. Garden fencing will likely differ between the front and back of properties, with taller and more solid timber fencing commonly being used in the rear garden, while the front of the home usually features smaller sized and more attractive fencing. Fencing for the front of the home tends to have a low height and large gaps between the wooden slats. Additionally, it is often stained to improve its ornamental effect.Fencing in the back garden is often used for privacy and to maintain the borders of a garden, as well as to keep household pets or other small animals or wildlife either in or out. For this reason, these sorts of fences are around 6 feet high and use wooden slats without spaces in between. Due to the added height, these fences commonly have concrete footings laid between each section to provide strength and stopping the fence from blowing over or being damaged in poor weather.Garden fencing panels are generally made of wood. The posts in between the sections are produced from either timber, stone, or concrete. Recently, fence panels have started to be manufactured from heavily recycled and eco friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.