Fencing

While its significance as an element of garden design is often overlooked, fencing is an essential part of both the appearance and practicality of your garden. Garden fencing tends to differ between the front and back of properties, with taller and more solid timber fencing usually being installed in the rear garden, while the front of the property often utilises 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. Also, it is often painted to improve its ornamental effect. Fencing in the back garden is often 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. Due to this, these types of fences are roughly 6 feet high and use wooden slats without gaps in between. Due to the additional height, these fences often have concrete footings laid in between each panel to offer security and stopping the fence from blowing over or being ruined in bad weather. Garden fencing panels are generally constructed from wood. The posts in between the panels are produced from either wood, stone, or concrete. More recently, fence panels have started to be made from heavily recycled and environmentally friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.