Fencing

Although its importance as an aspect of garden design is often overlooked, fencing is an essential part of both the appearance and useability of your garden. Garden fencing is likely to differ between the front and back of properties, with taller and more strong wooden fencing frequently being placed in the rear garden, while the front of the house generally makes use of more compact and more ornamental fencing. Fencing for the front of the home tends to have a low height and large spaces between the wooden slats. Additionally, it is often coloured to improve its decorative effect. Fencing in the back garden is generally used for privacy and to protect the borders 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 around 6 feet high and use wooden slats without spaces in between. Because of the additional height, these fences commonly have concrete footings laid between each panel to provide strength and stopping the fence from blowing over or being ruined in poor weather. Garden fencing panels are generally constructed from wood. The posts in between the sections are made from either timber, stone, or concrete. Recently, fence panels have started to be made of heavily recycled and eco friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.