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Natural materials to include where appropriate: rock (marble, limestone, flint, slate), wood (timber, wicker), bamboo, reeds. Man-made to include: brick, concrete, plastic, glass fibre and metal.

VERTICAL ELEMENTS (LANDSCAPING) walls, fences, screens, pergolas, furniture, statutory.

WALL

Mark boundaries; Give privacy; Give protection/security; Can be a retaining wall (cut and fill); a feature in its own right “Moon wall”; part of the overall design (walled garden/balustrading); a growing area for plants; Brick/block/reconstituted stone – to match the building and use the same bonding for cohesion (man-made); Stone/slate/flint – LOCAL to the landscape and buildings (natural).

FOOTING (CONSTRUCTION)

GARDEN WALL

RETAINING WALL

MOON WALL

BRICK WALL

STONE WALL

SCREEN WALLING

Needs to be well built and maintained. Can easily become a climbing frame and can collapse

FENCE

FENCE PANEL

FENCE POST

CONCRETE FENCE POST

WOODEN FENCE POST

POST AND RAIL FENCE

CHAINLINK FENCE

PICKET FENCE

TRELLIS

TRELLISING

TRELLIS FENCE

TRELLIS FENCE PANEL

WICKER

BAMBOO SCREENING

PERGOLA

Formal – planed wood, brick pillars modern stainless steel; Informal – rustic wood; Give height in a garden with a tunnel/framing effect over paths; Provides a sense of place; Makes an area more intimate; Provides shade for seating or plants; Provides a growing structure for plants.

GARDEN FURNITURE

Can be a focal point, to provide emphasis in a design, through to functional; For a cohesive garden design, consider shape, style, theme and colour in your choice.

Comparison to include suitability of each material in practical and in design terms.

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