Fencing

Although its significance as an aspect of garden design is sometimes disregarded, fencing is an essential part of both the appearance and practicality of your garden. Garden fencing will likely differ between the front and back of properties, with taller and more secure timber fencing typically being placed in the rear garden, while the front of the home generally makes use of more compact 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 coloured to improve its ornamental effect. Fencing in the back garden is generally used for privacy and to maintain 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 sorts of fences are approximately 6 feet high and use wooden slats with no spaces in between. Due to the additional height, these fences usually have concrete footings laid in between each section to offer stability preventing the fence from blowing over or being damaged in bad weather. Garden fencing panels are generally constructed from wood. The posts in between the sections are manufactured from either timber, stone, or concrete. Recently, fence panels have started to be manufactured from heavily recycled and sustainable composite materials such as recycled bamboo.