Fencing

While its significance as an element of garden design is often neglected, fencing is a vital part of both the aesthetics and usefulness of your garden. Garden fencing will differ between the front and rear of properties, with higher and more sturdy wood fencing generally being placed in the rear garden, while the front of the house usually features smaller sized and more attractive 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 stained to enhance its ornamental effect. Fencing in the back garden is generally used for privacy and to preserve 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 styles of fences are about 6 feet high and use wooden slats without gaps in between. Due to the additional height, these fences generally have concrete footings laid between each section to provide security and prevent the fence from blowing over or being destroyed in bad weather. Garden fencing panels are generally made of wood. The posts in between the sections are made from either wood, stone, or concrete. More recently, fence panels have started to be made of heavily recycled and sustainable composite materials such as recycled bamboo.