Custom Gate Ideas for Your Garden Area
When you think about custom gates, the first thing you likely think of is a driveway gate. The truth is there are other areas of your property that can benefit from this type of customised gate design. One of those areas is your garden. Here are some ideas for your custom garden gates and how they can benefit your garden and your landscape curb appeal.
Built-In Solar Lighting
The first thing that many people think about custom gates, especially for the garden, is the design. The truth is, the customisations can go beyond just the design and patterns. You can make the gate functional as well. One of the ways to make your garden gate functional is to add built-in solar lighting. This lighting can help light the gate at night, light the path into the gated garden or can connect to other solar lights within the garden itself. The built-in light helps to save space since you will not have solar lights around the garden or taking up space in the ground around the gate itself.
Slat Spacing
When you buy a traditional prefabricated garden gate, you have to go with the slat spacing of the gate. This may or may not be suitable for your environment. For example, you may have issues with smaller animals getting into your garden, such as rabbits. They can slip through some of the slats and get into the garden. When you go with a custom gate design, you can have the slats spaced according to your needs. If you need to keep rabbits out, you can have the slats smaller. If you need to have the garden protected from deer, then you can make the slats larger.
Weather Protection
Custom gates can be created with weather protection in mind. This is especially helpful with garden gates. When you open the garden gate, you are in a lower part of the garden designed as a walking path. This area can become flooded easily. With that in mind, create a custom garden gate that can help with drainage or preventing water from flooding into the area. Your fencing contractor can help with a design that is suitable for this, and that can help with rainwater or even with ice and high winds.
These are just a few of the custom gate ideas you can apply to your garden area. If you are ready to get started, contact your local fencing contractor. They can help you with ideas, implementing those ideas and with pricing questions you have. They can also offer suggestions if you are open to different ideas or concepts that may benefit you and your garden.
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