Fencing

While its significance as an element of garden design is sometimes ignored, fencing is a key part of both the appearance and functionality of your garden. Garden fencing will likely differ between the front and rear of properties, with higher and more sturdy wooden fencing commonly being placed in the rear garden, while the front of the house typically utilises more compact and more ornamental fencing. Fencing for the front of the home tends to have a low height and large gaps between the wooden slats. Additionally, it is often coloured to enhance its decorative effect. Fencing in the back garden is frequently used for privacy and to maintain 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. Due to the increased height, these fences commonly have concrete footings laid between each panel to provide security preventing the fence from blowing over or being destroyed 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 manufactured from heavily recycled and environmentally friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.