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easy ideas<br />
Fast<br />
and<br />
fabulous<br />
Petunia<br />
Good idea!<br />
Give a sense of<br />
structure to your plot by<br />
only painting the fence<br />
panels, and not the<br />
supporting posts<br />
Calibrachoa<br />
feature fence<br />
You don't need to paint all your<br />
fences the same colour! These<br />
slatted panels are transformed<br />
with a wash of green behind a<br />
raised bed, to show off the blooms.<br />
Contemporary Fence Panel, £94.99<br />
for 2m (6ft) gardenstreet.co.uk<br />
pockets of blooms<br />
Not only do fence-mounted<br />
planters instantly transform<br />
boring panels, they're great<br />
space-savers too, making<br />
the most of unused vertical<br />
space. Try primrose.co.uk for<br />
something similar.<br />
contrasting tones<br />
Pick out a gate and paint in a contrasting colour<br />
to the fence. Gate painted in Stiffkey Blue<br />
Exterior Eggshell, fence painted in Breakfast<br />
Room Green Exterior Eggshell, £29 each for<br />
750ml farrow-ball.com<br />
✽ This feature first appeared in the<br />
August <strong>20</strong>17 issue of Modern Gardens.<br />
Try<br />
something<br />
different<br />
pastel perfection<br />
Fence painted in Protek Royal Exterior Superior<br />
Wood Finish Eggshell Blue and Antique Pine,<br />
ladder painted in Soft Mocha and Eggshell<br />
Blue, £17.99 each for 1L protekwoodstain.co.uk<br />
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