Installing a fence around your property is a great way to define your property, secure privacy, and keep prying eyes out. While they don’t always enhance the aesthetics of your yard on their own, they do serve as the perfect blank canvas for you to work with. If you’re looking for some inspiration, here are some inspirations for how to landscape around your new perimeter.

3 Ways to Incorporate Your Fencing into Your Landscape

1. Make It Useful

Your fence line is the perfect place for vertical gardening. This upward, rather than outward, style of gardening takes up less space and minimizes pests, as it doesn’t provide as much ground cover. Use your perimeter as a trellis to support beans, peas, tomatoes, and peas. Hang baskets for an elevated container garden for vegetables such as lettuce and radishes. The line is also a perfect out-of-the-way spot for decorative planters.

2. Cover It Up

If you don’t want your fence to be the focal point of the yard, cover it up. Hiding it behind climbing vines and taller plants gives your yard a “secret garden” feel to it. Add some color by planting flowering vines such as climbing hydrangeas or coral honeysuckle, which also attract hummingbirds to your property. Another option is to choose leafier varieties of vines such as clematis or Virginia creeper, which provide quick cover that clings. The leaves turn gorgeous colors in the fall, lending seasonal splashes of color to your landscape. 

3. Create a Fence Row Garden

This space where hardscape meets landscape is the optimal area to plant small trees, ornamental grasses, and colorful plants. Create a layered effect with taller trees or shrubs against the perimeter, like boxwoods. Create another row in front of the taller plants for medium-sized plants or ornamental grasses. For an extra layer and a splash of color, plant small flowers in the front. 

If you’re looking to add fencing to the perimeter of your property, turn to Security Fence in Cookeville, TN. Whether it’s security you’re looking for or a certain aesthetic, they’ll build it. From wooden or chain link to ornamental metal fencing with estate gates and controlled entry systems, they do it all. Visit them online to take a look at their entire selection or call them today to get a quote at (931) 526-3603.