Fencing

Although its significance as an element of garden design is sometimes neglected, fencing is a key part of both the appearance and usefulness of your garden. Garden fencing will differ between the front and rear of properties, with taller and more strong wooden fencing usually being placed in the rear garden, while the front of the house usually utilises smaller sized and more attractive fencing. Fencing for the front of the home tends to feature a low height and large spaces between the wooden slats. Also, it is 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 household pets or other small animals or wildlife either in or out. Because of this, these styles of fences are about 6 feet high and use wooden slats with no spaces in between. Because of the additional height, these fences often have concrete footings laid between each panel to provide strength which will help prevent the fence from blowing over or being ruined in bad weather.Garden fencing sections 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 constructed from heavily recycled and environmentally friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.