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Garden Fences

Garden Fences

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Garden Fencing Info and Kits

There are many different lengths, heights and combinations of types of fence materials to choose from. Here's a few suggestions for fence kits:

  • If you are growing anything that small animals want to eat, like vegetables for a vegetable garden, choose a fence with an all metal 1x1 or 1/2x1/2 rodent barrier base overlapped and pinned to the ground. Rabbits can pass through anything larger than 1x1. 
  • In general, for small gardens 100 linear feet or less, a 6ft tall fence will work. Deer are less likely to jump inside a small, enclosed space. 
  • To wrap arborvitae or other shrubs for winter deer browsing 5ft tall or 6ft tall is typical. Use our fence kits with ground sleeves to pull your fence posts up and out of the sleeve to store in the spring and replace the posts back into the sleeves to set up your fence again before the winter. Removable garden fences are also popular for vegetable gardens - after the season is done, you can take down the fence and till the ground before the growing season starts. 
  • If your fence area is small (less than 200 feet) consider an all metal 1x1 fence with overlap. For larger fences, poly fence with a rodent barrier is more cost effective. 
 

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Garden Fencing Applications

There are different garden fencing configurations that cutomers typically choose.

1) A permanent or seasonal garden deer fence. This is usually installed to keep deer from eating shrubs, trees or plants that small animals dont go after. Flowers, evergreen shrubs, screening shrubs, etc. This is usually a poly garden fence. 

2) A permanent vegetable garden fence. 6ft to 7.5ft tall either all metal 1x1 or smaller or poly deer fence with a 1x1 or smaller rodent barrier base. Gates are available for entry and exit

3) A complete four side with a top garden fence enclosure. Customers choose this configuration to protect their plants from all types of animals including birds and squirrels - very popular for berry growers. A 1x1 or smaller opening size is needed to exclude birds.

Does electric fence work for gardens?

Yes it does to a point. Electric garden fences rely on plug in power or battery powered energisers to operate. When an animal touches the ground and the electric fence wire they get a shock. It's effective when it's working. Unfortunately, the disadvantage here is deer or other animals that run into the fence by accident - getting shocked - but damaging the fence. It's our belief that an effective garden fence for deer needs to include an actual physical barrier as well as charged electrical wires. Check back soon for our electric garden fence for deer polypropylene fence integrated with charged electrical wires. 

Garden Fence Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best garden fence?
The best garden fences are strong enough to repel deer and also keep out other animals like rabbits. This is usually metal fence with a one inch or smaller opening size.
How tall do garden fences need to be?
Typically for a fence to keep rabbits out only, you need a 2ft tall fence. For groundhogs and larger rodents, you need a 4ft tall fence or higher they can climb. For most gardens a 6ft fence will exclude the majority of animals.
Why choose Benners Deer Fence?
Since 1992 we have been the innovators in this type of fencing - deer exclusion and plant protection. This is our product that we have been shipping to customers year after year. There are other companies that copy and try and mass market their product through drop shipping, that's not us - every order is shipped within one business day from our inventory at our locations.
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