Fencing

Although its importance as an element of garden design is sometimes overlooked, fencing is a key part of both the aesthetics and usefulness of your garden. Garden fencing will differ between the front and back of properties, with higher and more strong wooden fencing typically being installed in the rear garden, while the front of the house often makes use of more compact and more decorative fencing. Fencing for the front of the home tends to feature a low height and large gaps between the wooden slats. It is also often coloured to enhance its ornamental effect. Fencing in the back garden is frequently 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. Because of this, these sorts of fences are roughly 6 feet high and use wooden slats with no gaps in between. Because of the increased height, these fences usually have concrete footings laid in between each section to offer strength and prevent the fence from blowing over or being ruined in bad weather. Garden fencing panels are generally made of wood. The posts in between the sections are manufactured from either timber, stone, or concrete. Recently, fence panels have started to be manufactured from heavily recycled and sustainable composite materials such as recycled bamboo.