Beautify And Protect Your Home With Garden Walling
If you are thinking about garden walling, then you need to consider a few options open to you. Firstly, if you already have a stunning lawn and flower garden, ask yourself why would you want to hide your beautiful garden from passers by? If it is purely for safety and privacy reasons, then by all means you should erect a wall that will suite your home.
It is true, walling will deter burglars to some extent and can offer you new areas to sit and relax in. Of course you can use an array of different materials to erect your walls and you can decide how thick or thin the wall must be. Do choose something that will compliment your garden and neighborhood.
Stone of course just makes ones home and garden look expensive. It is dramatic and offers many hours of entertainment when you sit and look at how the stones are laid and fitted around each other. Make sure you rather choose the natural stones and not the factory made ones. The natural scavenged ones are cheaper in any case. Ensure to get a fully qualified person to do the wall for you or do it yourself. Make sure though that the big heavy ones get laid first and then the light smaller ones on top. This type of wall is free of any maintenance which will save you lots of money down the line. It can also withstand a lot of bad weather during the years. Bond the stones with a high quality cement filler.
If it\'s shape and color you are after then you should also consider bricks. Today there are so many patterns available that you could paint a picture with each brick. Make sure that the brick you choose will blend in with your house and neighborhood. Used with a good rod iron you can have a really beautiful wall that offers protection and privacy. Do you need to hand in a plan for permission to erect a wall? Just make sure before you buy anything.
Another popular way to wall your garden is with prefabricated concrete. These can be erected quickly and also come in a myriad of colors and patterns to choose from. Price wise they are relatively inexpensive.
Maybe you fancy hedging your garden. This is so much better, but it will take lots of time and patience to grow your hedge. If you don\'t mind waiting on nature, then do choose this option. Get evergreen plants to you will be blessed with a green wall all year round.
Garden walling is a fantastic way to enhance one\'s garden and surroundings and an extra bonus is you increase the value of your property and the area as well.
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January 05 2010 03:16 pm | Gardening
