Fencing

While its importance as an element of garden design is sometimes overlooked, fencing is a vital part of both the aesthetics and usefulness of your garden. Garden fencing is likely to differ between the front and rear of properties, with higher and more strong wood fencing typically being used in the rear garden, while the front of the property usually utilises 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. It is also often painted to improve its ornamental effect. Fencing in the back garden is typically used for privacy and to maintain the borders of a garden, as well as to keep household pets or other small animals or wildlife either in or out. Due to this, these sorts of fences are about 6 feet high and use wooden slats with no gaps in between. Because of the increased height, these fences generally have concrete footings laid between each panel to offer strength and prevent the fence from blowing over or being damaged in bad weather. Garden fencing panels are generally constructed from wood. The posts in between the sections are manufactured from either wood, stone, or concrete. More recently, fence panels have started to be made from heavily recycled and eco friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.