Fencing

While its importance as an element of garden design is often overlooked, fencing is an essential part of both the appearance and useability of your garden. Garden fencing will likely differ between the front and back of properties, with higher and more tough timber fencing generally being placed in the rear garden, while the front of the home typically utilises more compact and more decorative 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 stained to improve its ornamental effect. Fencing in the back garden is generally used for privacy and to preserve 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 roughly 6 feet high and use wooden slats with no spaces in between. Due to the added height, these fences often have concrete footings laid between each panel to provide security and stopping the fence from blowing over or being ruined in high winds. Garden fencing sections are generally made of wood. The posts in between the sections are produced from either wood, stone, or concrete. Recently, fence panels have started to be made from heavily recycled and sustainable composite materials such as recycled bamboo.