Fencing

While its significance as an element of garden design is often neglected, fencing is a key part of both the appearance and functionality of your garden. Garden fencing will differ between the front and back of properties, with taller and more solid timber fencing generally being placed in the rear garden, while the front of the home typically utilises smaller sized and more decorative 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 coloured to enhance its decorative effect.Fencing in the back garden is often 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. Due to this, these styles of fences are around 6 feet high and use wooden slats with no spaces in between. Because of the added height, these fences often have concrete footings laid in between each section to provide security which will help 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 produced from either wood, stone, or concrete. Recently, fence panels have started to be constructed from heavily recycled and environmentally friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.