Fencing

While its importance as an aspect of garden design is sometimes ignored, fencing is a key part of both the aesthetics and practicality of your garden. Garden fencing will differ between the front and rear of properties, with higher and more substantial timber fencing usually being installed in the rear garden, while the front of the home typically employs smaller sized and more decorative 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 stained to enhance its ornamental effect. Fencing in the back garden is typically used for privacy and to maintain the boundaries of a garden, as well as to keep pets or other small animals or wildlife either in or out. For this reason, these varieties of fences are roughly 6 feet high and use wooden slats with no spaces in between. Because of the additional height, these fences commonly have concrete footings laid in between each panel to offer security which will help prevent the fence from blowing over or being ruined in high winds. Garden fencing panels are generally constructed from wood. The posts in between the panels are made from either wood, stone, or concrete. More recently, fence panels have started to be made of heavily recycled and environmentally friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.