Fencing

While its value as an element of garden design is sometimes disregarded, fencing is an integral part of both the aesthetics and practicality of your garden. Garden fencing is likely to differ between the front and rear of properties, with higher and more substantial wood fencing usually being installed in the rear garden, while the front of the house usually features 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. It is also often coloured to improve 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 domestic pets or other small animals or wildlife either in or out. For this reason, these varieties of fences are about 6 feet high and use wooden slats without spaces in between. Due to the extra height, these fences generally have concrete footings laid between each panel to provide security preventing the fence from blowing over or being destroyed 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 constructed from heavily recycled and eco friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.