Garden fence ideas mostly spring from the fencing material chosen: cedar or pine are best used for stockade fences, for instance. Each material suggests its own pattern or texture, and is associated with certain colors, such as a white picket fence. Here are some other garden fence ideas that you might be interested in.
Wood garden fences blend natural into plants and shrubbery, and can be styled to match the house it accompanies. While “wood” implies actual hardwood or softwood, much of the look and feel of wood can be realized with vinyl fencing. Vinyl is usually more expensive up front, but pays for itself over time due to lower maintenance costs, since it’s impervious to bugs, discoloring and chipping.
White picket fences are clearly the most popular type of garden fencing. The boards are spaced apart, allowing onlookers a view of the garden beyond. For homeowners whose main concern is privacy, stockade fences are a better choice. Stockade panels are joined together at the edges, so that there is no spacing between them.
A bamboo fence is a cheaper alternative for creating privacy, especially if you have a zen garden to compliment it. Not only are bamboo fences cheaper up front, but they tend to require less maintenance, since most residents feel that the panels gain beauty and character as they weather over time.
When people think of metal garden fencing, they’ll usualy first consider an oramental wrought iron fence if the fencing is intended to be decorative, or an aluminum chain link fence is it’s meant to be purely functional. Wrought iron fences can be expensive, and you can save quite a bit of money investing in ornamental aluminum fence panels instead, then having it finished with a black powder coat to give them a wrought iron look.
Chain link fences can look fairly sterile, especially surrounding something as organic as a garden. But the cold appearance can be thawed somewhat by covering the fencing with copious amounts of vine. With just about any type of garden fence, it’s possible to blend it in with the garden it encloses if you apply a little ingenuity.
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