Fencing

While its value as an element of garden design is sometimes neglected, fencing is a vital part of both the appearance and usefulness of your garden. Garden fencing tends to differ between the front and back of properties, with higher and more secure timber fencing commonly being used in the rear garden, while the front of the home typically employs smaller sized and more ornamental fencing. Fencing for the front of the home tends to feature a low height and large spaces between the wooden slats. Also, it is often coloured to improve its decorative effect. Fencing in the back garden is often used for privacy and to preserve the borders of a garden, as well as to keep pets or other small animals or wildlife either in or out. Due to this, these kinds of fences are around 6 feet high and use wooden slats with no spaces in between. Due to the added height, these fences often have concrete footings laid in between each section to provide stability which will help prevent the fence from blowing over or being ruined in bad weather. Garden fencing sections are generally constructed from wood. The posts in between the sections are made 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.