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Creating a more secure garden
Fencing in your back garden
The fence in the rear garden should be of a minimum height of 1.8m including trellis. The trellis should be securely fixed with screws to the garden side of the fence and should be strong enough to support a climbing plant but not a person. Whether you chose a wooden fence or a brick wall, make sure it does not have any features that make it easy for someone to climb over.
You can make your fences more effective by planting something prickly or thorny next to them. Train a thorny climbing plant, like a rose through the trellis. These are some of the best plants to protect your garden:
| Rosewall |
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makes a fast growing impenetrable hedge, growing 3 - 4 feet in 12 months |
| Pyracantha |
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is excellent for hedging, growing under windows or around doorways |
| Berberis |
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good for hedging and growing by walls. It has very sharp spine like prickles |
| Holly |
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can be planted in any area needing protection |
| Japonica |
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can be trained up walls or pruned into a bush |
| Hawthorn |
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makes a good hedge or pruned bush |
| Pampas grass |
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has razor sharp leaves |
| Rosa rogosa |
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excellent as an impenetrable hedge |
| Rambling roses |
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make good cover for drainpipes, or along the tops of walls |
| Acanthus |
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grows lethal spines on the flower heads. Plant near any vulnerable access points. If you are laying paths, use gravel or something similar which makes noise. |
Fencing in your front garden
Putting a fence or a hedge in your front garden creates a 'defensible space'. This delineation can help to deter a casual intrusion and some of the more opportunistic criminals. However, make sure that your hedge or fence isn't too high as it should be possible to see the front door and front windows or other access points are visible from the front of the property. Ideally, it should be no higher than 1m unless you put up railings that are easy to see through.
Shed and garage security
It is possible to purchase sheds that meet high security specifications - 'Shed-u-cation New Build' standards. You can purchase 'Shed-u-cation' sheds from the following outlets:
| Timbergarden of Witchford |
(01353) 668333 |
| Town & Country at Scotsdale Garden Centre |
(01233) 844556 |
| Greens of Mepal |
(01353) 778456 |
| Berry Timber Buildings of Willingham |
(01954) 261401 |
| Littleport Timber Buildings |
(01353) 861707 |
| Lance Rayner Leisure Buildings |
(01223) 262888 |
| Cottenham Sawmills |
(01954) 251425 |
For advice about shed security, please click on this link: Shed-u-cation.
If you require any further crime reduction advice not available on this website, then please contact the Community Safety Unit in or your area:
| Cambridge City, South and East Cambridgeshire |
(01223) 358966 |
| Fenland and Huntingdon |
(01354) 626445 |
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