Fencing

While its value as an aspect of garden design is often disregarded, fencing is an essential part of both the appearance and useability of your garden. Garden fencing tends to differ between the front and rear of properties, with higher and more secure wooden fencing commonly being placed in the rear garden, while the front of the property usually features smaller and more decorative fencing. Fencing for the front of the home tends to have a low height and large spaces between the wooden slats. It is also often coloured to enhance its ornamental effect. Fencing in the back garden is commonly used for privacy and to protect 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 varieties of fences are about 6 feet high and use wooden slats without gaps in between. Due to the added height, these fences often have concrete footings laid in between each section to provide strength and stopping the fence from blowing over or being damaged 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. More recently, fence panels have started to be constructed from heavily recycled and sustainable composite materials such as recycled bamboo.