For residents of east London and Essex areas such as Upminster and Hornchurch, fences to delineate the boundaries of their homes are common place. Putting fencing within their gardens is more unusual, but it can be an effective way to divide up a large garden or even to make a more intimate area within a fairly small one.
If your garden is long and narrow, you might favour a straight pathway down the middle to draw the eye to a central feature at the end. Fencing barriers to right and/or left on the way, perhaps alternated with shrubs, trees or hedges, will not only help with this, but also divide your garden into €rooms' that can have different characteristics. Alternatively, you might want a winding pathway taking you into the different areas at random breaks in the fences or other screening effects you use.
Fencing Benefits
One of the advantages of a fence is that it will make an immediate screen, while shrubs and hedges will take time to grow. Even if you don't want to leave a fence in place for ever, you might want to put one behind your plants until they make an effective screen on their own. Fencing takes up less space than a hedge. It also gives you variety in that it can be removed or moved to a different location, and it can be stained or painted in different colours to achieve the effect you want at the time.
Perhaps you want one of your garden €rooms' to be a vegetable patch. Surrounding it with an attractive little picket fence will even give you some extra growing space for squashes and marrows, and similar plants which can trained up the wooden posts. It could also keep both your dog and your inquisitive toddler away from the area.
More Fences with Children in Mind
Another garden room you might want to make sure young children can't get to is a water garden, so putting fences around it might be a priority. If you don't have little ones, fencing could be added in this area to make a windbreak around a seat or accentuate a pretty feature. Older children love to have their own play area in the garden. A high fence around it could mute the sound and reduce any nuisance levels to neighbours.
For Essex homeowners in towns like Romford, Orsett or Brentwood, fencing made of wood, or decorative materials like trellis or bamboo, strategically placed within their gardens, can often lift their plots out of the ordinary to become unique and picturesque.
If your garden is long and narrow, you might favour a straight pathway down the middle to draw the eye to a central feature at the end. Fencing barriers to right and/or left on the way, perhaps alternated with shrubs, trees or hedges, will not only help with this, but also divide your garden into €rooms' that can have different characteristics. Alternatively, you might want a winding pathway taking you into the different areas at random breaks in the fences or other screening effects you use.
Fencing Benefits
One of the advantages of a fence is that it will make an immediate screen, while shrubs and hedges will take time to grow. Even if you don't want to leave a fence in place for ever, you might want to put one behind your plants until they make an effective screen on their own. Fencing takes up less space than a hedge. It also gives you variety in that it can be removed or moved to a different location, and it can be stained or painted in different colours to achieve the effect you want at the time.
Perhaps you want one of your garden €rooms' to be a vegetable patch. Surrounding it with an attractive little picket fence will even give you some extra growing space for squashes and marrows, and similar plants which can trained up the wooden posts. It could also keep both your dog and your inquisitive toddler away from the area.
More Fences with Children in Mind
Another garden room you might want to make sure young children can't get to is a water garden, so putting fences around it might be a priority. If you don't have little ones, fencing could be added in this area to make a windbreak around a seat or accentuate a pretty feature. Older children love to have their own play area in the garden. A high fence around it could mute the sound and reduce any nuisance levels to neighbours.
For Essex homeowners in towns like Romford, Orsett or Brentwood, fencing made of wood, or decorative materials like trellis or bamboo, strategically placed within their gardens, can often lift their plots out of the ordinary to become unique and picturesque.