Fencing

While its importance as an aspect of garden design is often ignored, fencing is a key part of both the aesthetics and useability of your garden. Garden fencing will likely differ between the front and back of properties, with higher and more solid timber fencing usually being placed in the rear garden, while the front of the home typically utilises more compact and more decorative fencing. Fencing for the front of the home tends to feature 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 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 without spaces in between. Because of the added height, these fences typically have concrete footings laid between each section to provide security and stop the fence from blowing over or being ruined in bad weather. Garden fencing sections are generally constructed from wood. The posts in between the panels are produced from either wood, stone, or concrete. Recently, fence panels have started to be made from heavily recycled and sustainable composite materials such as recycled bamboo.