Lawn fences or landscape framing are not considered a curiosity at this time. They can be used to decorate the local area, park areas in cities. In gardens and summer cottages, they are an integral part of the landscape of the site, its visual border. Focusing on the functionality of a particular fence, you can come up with its shape, select the necessary material and start implementing the idea.
Fences for lawns and flower beds are classified according to the following criteria:
- Functionality;
- Manufacturing material;
- Installation method.
Functionality
- The fence makes it easier to care for the allotted area: a garden bed, a flower bed, a lawn.
- It is a deterrent that prevents weeds from growing.
- In courtyards, lawn fencing helps prevent trampling of the sown grass.
- Retains the soil, especially in sloping areas, does not allow it to wash off and slide during rains.
- Provides a rational approach to watering a limited area.
- Restricts rodents to the bark if this fence is made around trees.
Lawn fences
Fencing material
When choosing material for fencing, first of all, it is necessary to focus on the degree of reliability and durability. In terms of reliability and other qualities, the first place is taken by metal lawn fences. The appearance of a metal product can be different: made of profiled inexpensive stainless steel or an elite welded version made by forging or casting. The elite version is presentable. Forged fences look elegant and stylish. Cast designs look majestic, made of cast iron, and can serve for many generations of household members with proper care.
Steel structures look "lightweight", especially forged ones. They have a long service life and excellent strength. If the fence is made of sections, it can easily be moved to another territory. The color scheme depends on where the metal fences for flower beds and lawns are installed. If necessary, you can always change the color of the fence, thereby improving the aesthetic perception of the lawn.
The design of the fence depends on its appearance. For example, welded structures are made of shaped pipes of different sections. In the finished version, they are complemented by patterns of geometric shapes. The standard sectional size is 0.6 x 2 meters, the profile pipe entering the section can have a different section: 15x15 mm, 20x20 mm, 25x25 mm, 30x30 mm, 40x20 mm. The finished sections are either welded together and driven into the ground with two extreme pillars, or driven into the ground in sections.
An alternative material for the usual wooden or metal lawn fences are plastic fences, which have unique qualities. They are not susceptible to corrosion, as well as to weather conditions, easy to install, easy to transport. In the color scheme, they also do not lose to metal and wooden fences. They can be painted in any desired color.To extend the service life of plastic fences, experienced gardeners and summer residents recommend that they be removed for the winter in enclosed spaces located on the site.
Plastic fences
Lawn curbs
Lawn curbs can be made from a variety of materials, even the most unexpected ones. Many craftsmen who like to do everything with their own hands use plastic dishes, bottles, tires, vinyl records, glass bottles, natural stones, bricks for these purposes. Of course, such designs with zonal dividers for flower beds and lawns look original. If we talk about the durability of such borders, they are more valuable for the owners of sites not as durable, but as original at the moment in landscape design. Parts of such fences that have fallen into disrepair are easily replaced with others.
Along with home-made curbs, the industry produces the so-called plastic lawn curb, which has a number of advantages. It is a kind of curb tape that, due to its flexibility, can take any shape. In the manufacture of such a curb tape, new technologies were used in the production of curbs. To install the tape, there is no need to dig a trench or carry out preparatory work for installation, it is enough to deepen it into the ground.
The curb tape serves as a decoration of the site, and with its help you can form raised beds in the courtyard. Or, you can separate the land boundaries from the sidewalk tiles laid along the site, as well as lawn gratings, for which the border can also serve as a tape.
Installation of fences and curbs
There are stationary and portable or removable metal fences. Usually stationary fences are used for permanent front gardens and stationary beds. The height of such barriers does not exceed 50-70 cm. The metal structures are attached to the posts, which, in turn, are concreted in the ground.
Installation of fences and curbs
If the structures of the fences are wooden, their installation is simple, but such a drawback as the susceptibility of the tree to decay provides for a number of measures to prevent it. In order not to have to frequently change the wooden fence, the tree is covered with special impregnations, varnishes and paints. It can be a palisade made of low logs or beams with a pointed bottom for easy driving into the ground.
Installing plastic fences is the easiest. One person can handle the installation of a plastic fence on the site. Usually, along with the sold product (in this case, a plastic fence), instructions for assembly and installation are given.
Lawn edge decoration
The choice of style in the landscape depends on the preferences and capabilities of the owners of a summer cottage or garden. For example, a regular style with a seasoned impeccable taste requires the decoration of lawns with decorative metal fences made of forging or casting and dense uniform paving of paths. The Mediterranean style is enhanced by the combination of natural stone and pebble-paved paths on the lawn edges. The rustic style is the easiest to implement. These can be decorative fences made of willow and wooden picket fence.
There are many options for lawn fences, but the landscape will look harmonious if you observe the unity of style in various elements of the dacha or garden decor.
