Fencing

While its importance as an aspect of garden design is sometimes overlooked, fencing is an essential part of both the appearance and functionality of your garden. Garden fencing is likely to differ between the front and rear of properties, with higher and more tough wood fencing commonly being installed in the rear garden, while the front of the home generally features more compact 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 coloured to improve its ornamental effect. Fencing in the back garden is typically used for privacy and to preserve 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 types of fences are about 6 feet high and use wooden slats without gaps in between. Due to the added height, these fences typically have concrete footings laid in between each panel to offer security preventing the fence from blowing over or being ruined in poor weather. Garden fencing panels are generally constructed from wood. The posts in between the panels are made from either wood, stone, or concrete. More recently, fence panels have started to be manufactured from heavily recycled and sustainable composite materials such as recycled bamboo.