Fencing

While its importance as an aspect of garden design is often neglected, fencing is a vital part of both the appearance and practicality of your garden. Garden fencing tends to differ between the front and rear of properties, with higher and more secure timber fencing usually being used in the rear garden, while the front of the home often utilises more compact and more decorative fencing. Fencing for the front of the home tends to feature a low height and large gaps between the wooden slats. It is also often painted 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. For this reason, these kinds of fences are about 6 feet high and use wooden slats with no gaps in between. Due to the added height, these fences generally have concrete footings laid between each section to provide strength and stopping the fence from blowing over or being ruined in poor weather. Garden fencing sections are generally constructed from wood. The posts in between the sections are manufactured from either timber, stone, or concrete. More recently, fence panels have started to be constructed from heavily recycled and eco friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.