Fencing

Although its significance as an element of garden design is sometimes overlooked, fencing is a vital part of both the appearance and usefulness of your garden. Garden fencing will differ between the front and rear of properties, with higher and more secure wooden fencing commonly being installed in the rear garden, while the front of the property typically employs 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. It is also often coloured to improve its decorative effect. Fencing in the back garden is frequently used for privacy and to preserve the borders of a garden, as well as to keep household pets or other small animals or wildlife either in or out. For this reason, these varieties of fences are roughly 6 feet high and use wooden slats with no gaps in between. Because of the added height, these fences generally have concrete footings laid in between each section to provide stability preventing the fence from blowing over or being broken in poor weather. Garden fencing panels are generally made of wood. The posts in between the panels are manufactured from either timber, stone, or concrete. Recently, fence panels have started to be constructed from heavily recycled and eco friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.