Fencing

Although its significance as an aspect of garden design is sometimes neglected, fencing is a vital part of both the appearance and functionality of your garden. Garden fencing will differ between the front and back of properties, with higher and more strong timber fencing typically being placed in the rear garden, while the front of the home often utilises 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 coloured to improve its decorative effect. Fencing in the back garden is generally used for privacy and to maintain the boundaries 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 roughly 6 feet high and use wooden slats with no spaces in between. Due to the additional height, these fences generally have concrete footings laid in between each section to provide stability which will help prevent the fence from blowing over or being destroyed in bad weather. Garden fencing panels are generally constructed from wood. The posts in between the sections are produced from either wood, stone, or concrete. Recently, fence panels have started to be manufactured from heavily recycled and sustainable composite materials such as recycled bamboo.