Fencing

Although its significance as an aspect of garden design is sometimes overlooked, fencing is an essential part of both the aesthetics and functionality of your garden. Garden fencing tends to differ between the front and back of properties, with taller and more tough wooden fencing commonly being placed in the rear garden, while the front of the home usually utilises 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. Also, it is often painted to enhance its decorative effect. Fencing in the back garden is generally 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. Because of this, these types of fences are approximately 6 feet high and use wooden slats with no spaces in between. Due to the extra height, these fences typically have concrete footings laid between each panel to provide stability preventing 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 produced from either timber, stone, or concrete. More recently, fence panels have started to be constructed from heavily recycled and environmentally friendly composite materials such as recycled bamboo.