Fencing

Although its significance as an aspect of garden design is often overlooked, fencing is a key part of both the appearance and usefulness of your garden. Garden fencing tends to differ between the front and rear of properties, with taller and more strong wooden fencing frequently being used in the rear garden, while the front of the house usually employs 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 painted to improve its ornamental effect. Fencing in the back garden is commonly used for privacy and to protect 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 types of fences are about 6 feet high and use wooden slats without spaces in between. Due to the extra height, these fences commonly have concrete footings laid between each section to offer security and stopping the fence from blowing over or being broken in high winds. Garden fencing sections are generally constructed from wood. The posts in between the sections are manufactured from either timber, stone, or concrete. Recently, fence panels have started to be made from heavily recycled and environmentally friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.