Fencing

While its significance as an element of garden design is sometimes neglected, fencing is a vital part of both the appearance and usefulness of your garden. Garden fencing tends to differ between the front and rear of properties, with taller and more sturdy wood fencing frequently being placed in the rear garden, while the front of the home usually makes use of more compact and more attractive fencing. Fencing for the front of the home tends to have a low height and large gaps between the wooden slats. It is also often stained to improve its decorative effect. Fencing in the back garden is often used for privacy and to preserve the boundaries of a garden, as well as to keep pets or other small animals or wildlife either in or out. Because of this, these types of fences are roughly 6 feet high and use wooden slats with no spaces in between. Due to the added height, these fences usually have concrete footings laid in between each panel to offer strength preventing the fence from blowing over or being ruined in bad weather. Garden fencing panels are generally made of wood. The posts in between the sections are produced from either wood, stone, or concrete. More recently, fence panels have started to be manufactured from heavily recycled and sustainable composite materials such as recycled bamboo.