Garden Walls: YOUR CHOICE of boundary material will greatly affect the overall appearance of your backyard. Although many fences, walls and hedges are used as screens, they should not always turn the eye inward; any vistas beyond the Garden Walls should be framed with well-sited gaps in the boundary.
Walls serve many purposes in the Garden Walls: they can provide an impenetrable barrier around the outside of it to stop prying eyes and deter trespassers. Inside the plot, low walls can be used to outline particular areas, such as flower beds and patios, or taller walls can be built to create a safe enclosure for small children, conceal one part from another, or create a "secret" walled Garden Walls. Compared to walls, fences are quicker and simpler to construct. But it is well worth taking some time to work out not only what you want yours to look like, but also what you want it to do. Fencing, entrances and gates should always be incorporated into the overall design of your home and Garden Walls, whether marking a boundary, partitioning, screening or simply providing a decorative feature.
Backgrounds that bound views may be regarded much as walls of a room. They give a sense of containment, intimacy and privacy and offer opportunity for decorative treatment. Just as the room walls are pierced by doors and windows, so the boundaries of your Garden Walls may have gaps that provide vistas to interesting views beyond and inviting gateways and paths that are doors leading from the Garden Walls. |
