Fencing

Although its significance as an element of garden design is sometimes neglected, fencing is a key part of both the aesthetics and usefulness of your garden. Garden fencing is likely to differ between the front and back of properties, with taller and more substantial wooden fencing typically being placed in the rear garden, while the front of the house usually makes use of more compact and more ornamental 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 decorative effect. Fencing in the back garden is generally used for privacy and to maintain the borders of a garden, as well as to keep domestic pets or other small animals or wildlife either in or out. Because of this, these sorts of fences are about 6 feet high and use wooden slats with no spaces in between. Due to the increased height, these fences usually have concrete footings laid between each panel to provide stability preventing the fence from blowing over or being ruined in high winds. Garden fencing panels 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 of heavily recycled and sustainable composite materials such as recycled bamboo.