Fencing

While its significance as an element of garden design is sometimes overlooked, fencing is an essential part of both the aesthetics and useability of your garden. Garden fencing will likely differ between the front and rear of properties, with taller and more solid timber fencing typically being placed in the rear garden, while the front of the home typically features more compact and more ornamental fencing. Fencing for the front of the home tends to feature a low height and large spaces between the wooden slats. It is also often coloured to improve its decorative effect. Fencing in the back garden is commonly used for privacy and to protect the boundaries of a garden, as well as to keep domestic pets or other small animals or wildlife either in or out. Due to this, these styles of fences are roughly 6 feet high and use wooden slats with no gaps in between. Because of the increased height, these fences often have concrete footings laid in between each panel to offer security and prevent the fence from blowing over or being destroyed in bad weather. Garden fencing sections are generally made of wood. The posts in between the sections are produced from either timber, stone, or concrete. More recently, fence panels have started to be made from heavily recycled and eco friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.