There are many benefits of using stick fences (see below) but there is no substitute for the easy-going and natural beauty they provide!
There are other kinds of natural fences using unprocessed sticks and twigs, like wattle fences and hurdle fences, but a basic stick fence (or a twig fence) has most of the same benefits plus they are even simpler to build and maintain. Consider stick fences, or at least appreciate them more, for the many worthwhile benefits they provide:
- Ease of maintenance: If and when parts of your stick fence need to be renewed it is a relatively easy and straightforward task, and since they are natural materials with varying colors and textures you don't have to worry about matching textures or colors. This same natural texture also makes them maintenance free when it comes to appearance, you do not have to polish/stain or paint them.
- Simple and inexpensive to build: They make and sell ready-made stick fences also, but if you just have enough sticks available of similar lengths and some stainless metal wire, it is relatively easy to build stick fences. (Even ready-made ones are inexpensive compared to most alternatives.)
- Natural and Beautiful appearance: time spent in nature has proven benefits to people and more natural-looking spaces soothe our souls and create more easy-going, chill, and relaxing spaces. Stick fences, with their natural forms and textures provide these benefits and look great doing it.
- Eco-friendly and efficient: Eco-friendliness of stick fences is multi-faceted: The materials; stainless metal wire and sticks, are both eco-friendly and harmless at disposal; the wire can be recycled, and the sticks will biodegrade. Also, the sticks are minimally processed so there is a lot of energy and chemicals saved in production. Sticks/branches of this size can't be milled and are mostly ignored by the wood industry so you'd be productive use out of materials that would not be used otherwise and you'd be reducing demand on more processed alternatives. Finally, since there is no paint, stains, or finishes involved you will avoid more exposure to harmful chemicals.
^Besides the stick fence in the foreground, you can also see a wattle fence/hurdle fence used as a privacy screen here.
The pic above and below show sturdier versions of stick fences using thicker sticks and horizontal beams instead of metal wires.
^Photo by Robert Mabic
All photos by Sinan Yucel, except the bottom two.
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