Fencing

While its significance as an element of garden design is sometimes ignored, 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 higher and more solid wood fencing commonly being used in the rear garden, while the front of the home usually utilises smaller and more ornamental fencing. Fencing for the front of the home tends to feature a low height and large gaps between the wooden slats. Also, it is often coloured to improve its ornamental effect. Fencing in the back garden is frequently used for privacy and to preserve the borders of a garden, as well as to keep household pets or other small animals or wildlife either in or out. For this reason, these types 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 in between each panel to provide security and prevent the fence from blowing over or being damaged in bad weather. Garden fencing panels are generally made of wood. The posts in between the sections are manufactured from either wood, stone, or concrete. Recently, fence panels have started to be constructed from heavily recycled and environmentally friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.