Fencing

While its value as an aspect of garden design is often ignored, fencing is a key part of both the aesthetics and usefulness of your garden. Garden fencing tends to differ between the front and rear of properties, with taller and more tough wooden fencing typically being placed in the rear garden, while the front of the property generally makes use of smaller sized and more decorative fencing. Fencing for the front of the home tends to have a low height and large gaps between the wooden slats. Also, it is often stained to improve its decorative effect. Fencing in the back garden is typically used for privacy and to preserve the boundaries of a garden, as well as to keep pets or other small animals or wildlife either in or out. Because of this, these kinds of fences are roughly 6 feet high and use wooden slats without spaces in between. Due to the additional height, these fences generally have concrete footings laid in between each panel to provide stability and stopping the fence from blowing over or being broken in high winds. Garden fencing panels are generally made of wood. The posts in between the sections are manufactured from either timber, stone, or concrete. More recently, fence panels have started to be made from heavily recycled and eco friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.