No. 11 Fences & Gates · Colonial
Tall Board-and-Batten Fence Along Garden
A tall board-and-batten privacy fence made of dark stained timber borders a stone patio, where dense garden planting of hostas, ferns, and hydrangeas sits beside a weathered wooden dining set and brick house.
Design notes
Colonial design is symmetry and restraint. Look for a central axis from the back door, matched beds and hedges either side, bluestone or brick terraces with tight joints, and white or black picket and post-and-rail fences. Planting is disciplined — boxwood, hydrangea, holly, dogwood and shade trees — and furniture is classic: teak benches, Windsor chairs, a market umbrella. Georgian brick, clapboard and shingle houses all suit it.
What to look for
- Height, and whether the top is capped or open
- Which side faces out and how posts are spaced
- Planting on both sides so the fence reads as a hedge line
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