Fencing

While its value as an element of garden design is often overlooked, fencing is an essential part of both the appearance and functionality of your garden. Garden fencing is likely to differ between the front and rear of properties, with taller and more strong wooden fencing generally being installed in the rear garden, while the front of the house often makes use of smaller sized and more attractive fencing. Fencing for the front of the home tends to feature a low height and large spaces between the wooden slats. Also, it is often painted to enhance its ornamental effect. Fencing in the back garden is generally used for privacy and to maintain the borders of a garden, as well as to keep pets or other small animals or wildlife either in or out. For this reason, these sorts of fences are approximately 6 feet high and use wooden slats with no spaces in between. Due to the extra height, these fences generally have concrete footings laid between each panel to provide strength and prevent the fence from blowing over or being ruined in poor weather. Garden fencing sections are generally constructed from wood. The posts in between the panels are produced from either timber, stone, or concrete. Recently, fence panels have started to be constructed from heavily recycled and eco friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.