Fencing

Although its importance as an aspect of garden design is sometimes ignored, fencing is an integral part of both the aesthetics and useability of your garden. Garden fencing will likely differ between the front and back of properties, with taller and more solid wooden fencing usually being installed in the rear garden, while the front of the house usually features smaller sized and more attractive fencing. Fencing for the front of the home tends to have a low height and large gaps between the wooden slats. Also, it is often coloured to improve its decorative effect. Fencing in the back garden is generally 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 kinds of fences are about 6 feet high and use wooden slats without gaps in between. Due to the additional height, these fences typically have concrete footings laid in between each section to provide stability which will help prevent the fence from blowing over or being broken in poor weather. Garden fencing panels are generally constructed from wood. The posts in between the sections are made from either timber, stone, or concrete. More recently, fence panels have started to be constructed from heavily recycled and environmentally friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.