Fencing

While its value as an aspect of garden design is sometimes neglected, fencing is an essential part of both the appearance and useability of your garden. Garden fencing is likely to differ between the front and back of properties, with higher and more sturdy wood fencing usually being placed in the rear garden, while the front of the house often makes use of more compact and more attractive 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 painted to improve its decorative effect. Fencing in the back garden is frequently used for privacy and to maintain 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 sorts of fences are roughly 6 feet high and use wooden slats without gaps in between. Due to the extra height, these fences typically have concrete footings laid in between each panel to provide strength and stop the fence from blowing over or being broken in high winds. Garden fencing sections 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 manufactured from heavily recycled and sustainable composite materials such as recycled bamboo.