Fencing

While its value as an element of garden design is sometimes disregarded, fencing is a key part of both the appearance and functionality of your garden. Garden fencing tends to differ between the front and rear of properties, with taller and more strong wooden fencing typically being used in the rear garden, while the front of the house usually 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 stained to enhance 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. Due to this, these types of fences are roughly 6 feet high and use wooden slats with no spaces in between. Because of the additional height, these fences usually have concrete footings laid between each panel to provide stability preventing the fence from blowing over or being ruined in high winds. Garden fencing panels are generally made of wood. The posts in between the sections are made from either wood, stone, or concrete. More recently, fence panels have started to be manufactured from heavily recycled and eco friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.