For most households, a garden is a place of pleasure – a beautiful space filled with life that hosts everything from cookouts to family play sessions to relaxing evenings watching the setting sun together. When most of us think of “garden essentials”, we think about things that help to facilitate all of the aforementioned – the beautiful flowers, the water features, the comfortable furniture, and so on and so forth.
Garden security, in contrast, tends to receive a little less attention in comparison – but there’s no doubt security definitely achieves the status of “garden essential”. As a result, we thought it might be useful to highlight a few fundamental garden security principles you may want to consider incorporating into your outdoor space…
#1 – Protect the exterior
The external perimeter of your garden should always be secure, ideally with a high fence of at least six feet, or a wall of a similar size. Any gaps in the perimeter should always be filled as soon, and as securely, as possible.
#2 – Make the perimeter difficult to scale
Walls and fences should preferably be seen as the first line of defence; the second involves discouraging intruders from being able to overcome those same barriers. There are a few measures that can achieve this, ranging from spikes that are placed on top of walls and fences, to planting thorny shrubs at the base that make jumping down into the garden an extremely unattractive prospect.
#3 – Install good lighting
Lighting is a simple, but incredibly important, an element of garden security. Installing high-quality options such as Lepro outdoor flood lights ensures that your garden can be brightly-lit even after dark, and a bright garden is a garden that no intruder will want to enter for fear of easy detection.
#4 – If it can be locked, lock it
Whether it’s a shed, a back gate, a storage container, an outbuilding, or even your barbecue if it’s possible to affix a padlock to something in your garden, do so. As an extra precaution, make sure you store the keys to any garden locks out of sight of any windows in your property; and if storing multiple keys, store them separately rather than all in the same place.
#5 – Consider a motion-detecting security camera
Garden security cameras have always offered a powerful deterrent along with the ability to identify any intruder who does enter the garden; benefits that are well worth having alone. However, modern security cameras offer even more; with the right setup, you will, for example, be able to monitor your garden when you’re away from home or check hidden areas you can’t see from your windows without having to leave your house itself.
#6 – Add “noisy” elements
Including noisy elements in your garden – such as gravel walkways or strategically-placed wind chimes – can help to make your garden extremely unattractive to a prospective intruder. After all, the higher the chance of making noise, the higher the risk of detection and being caught.
In conclusion
With appropriate security measures in place, your attention can then turn to ensure your garden is a source of enjoyment once more.
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