Fencing

Although its significance as an element of garden design is sometimes ignored, fencing is a key part of both the aesthetics and usefulness of your garden. Garden fencing is likely to differ between the front and back of properties, with higher and more tough wood fencing frequently being installed in the rear garden, while the front of the house typically utilises more compact and more ornamental fencing. Fencing for the front of the home tends to have a low height and large gaps between the wooden slats. It is also often coloured to improve its ornamental effect. Fencing in the back garden is commonly used for privacy and to maintain the borders of a garden, as well as to keep pets or other small animals or wildlife either in or out. Because of this, these varieties of fences are approximately 6 feet high and use wooden slats with no spaces in between. Because of the increased height, these fences generally have concrete footings laid between each panel to provide security which will help prevent the fence from blowing over or being destroyed in bad weather. Garden fencing sections are generally made of wood. The posts in between the sections are produced from either wood, stone, or concrete. More recently, fence panels have started to be made from heavily recycled and eco friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.