Fencing

While its significance as an element of garden design is sometimes ignored, 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 sturdy timber fencing generally being installed in the rear garden, while the front of the home generally makes use of smaller sized and more ornamental fencing. Fencing for the front of the home tends to have a low height and large spaces between the wooden slats. It is also often coloured to enhance its decorative effect. Fencing in the back garden is typically 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. Because of this, these types of fences are about 6 feet high and use wooden slats without spaces in between. Due to the additional height, these fences generally have concrete footings laid in between each section to provide strength and prevent the fence from blowing over or being ruined in high winds. Garden fencing sections are generally made of wood. The posts in between the panels are manufactured from either wood, stone, or concrete. More recently, fence panels have started to be constructed from heavily recycled and eco friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.