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| up new design options, and add amenities, as well | | | | climate controller for gardens. |
| as adding value to your property. Landscaping | | | | * The security fencing will be heavy gauge tube |
| uses many different types of fencing, and acts as | | | | steel, extremely dependable and reliably block |
| a structural feature to your overall design. | | | | access. |
| Fencing is one of the major design tools in | | | | * The boundary fence will either be chainwire, a |
| landscaping. It creates spaces, as well as privacy | | | | good all-purpose, large area security fence or |
| and good architectural lines. If you've seen the | | | | screen fencing, which provides good privacy all |
| advanced landscaping designs with a range of | | | | round. |
| inner fencing and carefully contrived shaping of | | | | * The specific privacy issues can be dealt with |
| garden fences, you're looking at a type of space | | | | using lattice tops on fences. These lattices are |
| management. | | | | also good for growing the great climbers like |
| Fences, particularly the ones made of timber and | | | | roses and bougainvilleas, which complement the |
| screens, have very practical uses in landscaping. | | | | garden plan. |
| These are particularly popular with landscapers | | | | Experienced landscapers go straight for top quality |
| because they're extremely easy to work with | | | | materials and colours, because the fences cover a |
| and can be tailored to any design idea. Good | | | | very large surface area, and directly affect |
| quality treated pine, for example, can be | | | | lighting. The quality of it is actually a very good |
| customized in any garden setting or any house | | | | indicator of the basic landscape design values. The |
| and patio interface. | | | | best fencing won't need much maintenance for |
| Most landscapers also need to pay a lot of | | | | decades, and will do its job in the landscape well. |
| attention to privacy and security. These | | | | Working with garden fences |
| necessary aspects of design have to be blended | | | | The sheer range of uses for fencing and privacy |
| with the overall plan, so fences are very much | | | | screens around the home and garden needs to be |
| part of the mix at all levels. It's important in basic | | | | mentioned in context with landscaping. |
| landscape planning to ensure a harmonious | | | | Uses include: |
| meeting of materials, features, and functional | | | | Light management around the home: Screens, |
| elements. Timber and steel fences are particularly | | | | windbreaks and sunblocking fencing can literally |
| good for these purposes. | | | | improve every aspect of the home environment |
| Fences and landscaping design | | | | from cutting air conditioning power bills to saving |
| A typical full spectrum landscape design would for | | | | the family's electronics from heat and turning the |
| instance include: | | | | patio into a beautiful summer oasis and winter |
| * Decorative fencing for gardens | | | | nook. |
| * Tough security fencing and gates for the home | | | | Garden management: Plants do a lot better with |
| * A boundary fence design | | | | good climate management. A good garden fence |
| * Privacy requirements in various areas | | | | can help create the right microclimates for even |
| This may look like a difficult range of choices, but | | | | the fussiest plants, keep out weed seeds and |
| in practice the landscaper will work with the | | | | protect the lawn from summer's ferocious |
| fencing to add to the design: | | | | attacks on root systems. |