Fencing in Shaftesbury

While its significance as an element of garden design is often neglected, fencing is an integral part of both the aesthetics and usefulness of your garden. Garden fencing tends to differ between the front and back of properties, with higher and more solid wood fencing generally being used in the rear garden, while the front of the home usually features smaller and more ornamental fencing. Fencing for the front of the home tends to feature a low height and large gaps between the wooden slats. It is also often coloured to enhance its ornamental effect. Fencing in the back garden is typically used for privacy and to protect the borders of a garden, as well as to keep domestic 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 with no spaces in between. Because of the extra height, these fences generally have concrete footings laid in between each section to provide strength and stopping the fence from blowing over or being destroyed in high winds. Garden fencing panels are generally constructed from wood. The posts in between the panels are made 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.