Fencing

While its significance as an element of garden design is often neglected, fencing is a vital part of both the appearance and useability of your garden. Garden fencing is likely to differ between the front and rear of properties, with higher and more solid wood fencing usually being placed in the rear garden, while the front of the house generally makes use of 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. Additionally, it is often stained to enhance its ornamental effect. Fencing in the back garden is typically 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. Because of this, these kinds of fences are around 6 feet high and use wooden slats without spaces in between. Because of the additional height, these fences generally have concrete footings laid in between each section to provide strength 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 produced 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.