Designing a front garden with gabions - creative ideas

Designing a front garden with gabions - creative ideas

Gabions as fencing - design ideas with and without privacy screens

Gabions look back on a steep career as the modern version of a front yard wall. The wire baskets owe their high esteem not least to the advantage that they are suitable for self-construction. Due to the flexible construction, garden walls can be built at any desired height with gabions. We have discovered the following variants for you in specialist shops:

  • Privacy protection for the small front yard: extra narrow wire mats 17 cm deep, 100 cm wide and 200 cm high
  • Privacy screen with bulwark character: massive wire mats 47 cm deep, 100 cm wide and 200 cm high
  • Low enclosure to delimit the area: elegant gabions with a depth of 27 cm, a width of 100 cm and a height of 90 cm
  • Noble combination with WPC wood: as a set of gabions with basalt stones and anthracite-colored WPC composite panels

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There are matching angle pieces for every gabion enclosure. Natural stones in various sizes and colors are suitable for filling. Basalt quarry stones, Alpine stones and Norway granite are popular. If you choose wire baskets with a mesh size of 50 x 50 mm, you can also fill in small stones.

Trendy accessories in the front yard - this is how gabions make themselves useful

The use of gabions is by no means limited to their function as modern fencing. The trendy wire baskets equip your front yard with smart accessories, as the following collection of ideas shows:

  • Modern frame for a raised bed
  • Tasteful hiding place for garbage cans
  • Stylish seating with a side table
  • Send it as a frame for the mailbox
  • Spectacular as a water feature

The particular advantage of gabions is the possibility of having wire baskets made according to individual specifications. Plan the desired wire mats according to the modular system according to your wishes and ideas. Competent providers offer simple design modules for this purpose, which immediately show you the final price.

Tips

Do you follow the principles of the Feng Shui philosophy in your front garden design? Then massive gabion pillars take over the task of slowing down the loss of positive energies. With stone-filled wire baskets flanking the garden gate, valuable 'chi' is symbolically prevented from leaving the property too quickly.