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Garden Fence Ideas
07.06.2024 - 10:03 / gardenersworld.com
Making the most of your boundaries enhances your garden and can really show off your plants, as well as fulfilling practical needs such as securing your plot, creating privacy, filtering wind, containing pets or simply demarcating the edges. A good-looking fence adds immeasurably to the look of a garden, so consider a wealth of creative ideas that can really personalise and boost your garden’s boundary.
Fence colour ideasWood is by far the most popular material for fencing because it gives enormous flexibility in terms of height, style, design and budget. You can buy many sizes and designs of fencing ready-made, build your own bespoke fence or get in someone to do the job for you. One great benefit of wooden fencing is the opportunity to stain or treat the wood in different colours, and there’s a huge range to choose from. Gone are the days when wood stains were just green or brown – now, choose from a veritable rainbow of coloured stains and paints suitable for outdoor use. No DIY skills are needed, anyone can wield a brush and effect an almost instant transformation.
Decide whether you want your fence to merge into the background or play a starring role in your garden. Choose dark muted shades to make your fence as unobtrusive as possible, such as rich oaky brown for a country look or dark charcoal grey or black for a contemporary urban garden. As well as making a fence visibly recede, these darker shades show off plants beautifully, making an outstandingly handsome contrast to green foliage and colourful flowers. While mid- to dark greens may at first seem an obvious choice to create an unobtrusive fence, these can jar with the many shades of green found in a garden and often make it more obvious, achieving quite the
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