Fencing

While its importance as an aspect of garden design is often disregarded, fencing is an integral part of both the appearance and useability of your garden. Garden fencing will likely differ between the front and back of properties, with taller and more secure wooden fencing commonly being placed in the rear garden, while the front of the home usually makes use of smaller sized and more attractive fencing. Fencing for the front of the home tends to have a low height and large spaces between the wooden slats. Also, it is often stained to improve its decorative effect. Fencing in the back garden is frequently used for privacy and to maintain the boundaries of a garden, as well as to keep household pets or other small animals or wildlife either in or out. For this reason, these sorts of fences are around 6 feet high and use wooden slats with no gaps in between. Due to the additional height, these fences usually have concrete footings laid in between each section to provide security and stop the fence from blowing over or being ruined in poor weather. Garden fencing sections are generally constructed from wood. The posts in between the panels 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.