Thinking Outside the Fence

Their landscaper created a mix of bushes and trees to enclose their outdoor eating area, planted another set of trees and plants along the outdoor walking path and more to line their backyard for privacy. While wooden, iron and other metal fences are traditional, green fences appear to be gaining steam at a time when natural and sustainable options are trending.

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Green fences also have the extra bonus of requiring little maintenance after the first year of installation, said Ohio landscape designer Nick McCullough. In the first year, he said, the trees need to get established, which includes extra watering and soil checks. A wooden fence, on the other hand, may need to be stained or repainted every few years and eventually will need to be replaced. The key is figuring out which types of plantings would go well with the design of your landscape, and making sure they would do well in your climate.

In some regions, green fences must be able to survive a hot and a cold season. The National Association of Landscape Professionals said hedges are popular for green fences because they can screen views, reduce noise and create many different types of private spaces. When considering different types of plants, you should choose those that provide a significant width, so that the fence is dense and hard to penetrate.

Height is also important to consider — the fence should contain foliage from top to bottom, according to the association. Evergreens offer year-round coverage. For height, juniper and arborvitae are good options, said Tony Butterworth, senior designer with Christy Webber Landscapes and a member of the National Association of Landscapes. Butterworth also likes Carpinus American hornbeam , which is narrow and upright, and great for creating a screen. Many of his clients compromise by putting up an iron fence and then placing greenery in front of it to soften or even hide the fence. Skip to main navigation.

Thinking outside the fence and going green

Subscriber login Enter your email address. Enter the password that accompanies your email address. High walls, fences, locks, guards. These are the things that come to mind when we think about immigration detention, and justifiably so. More and more forced migrants are being held in closed facilities at some point during their journeys of flight and displacement. Although there is no single definition of detention, at its core is a deprivation of liberty.

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This deprivation limits the area in which people can move about freely, often restricting their movements to the confines of a single room, building or site. The places in which migrants are detained take many forms, including immigration detention centres built to purpose, airport transit zones, closed screening facilities, prisons or police stations, hotel rooms and retro-fitted structures such as cargo containers.

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This place-based concept has specific implications for those working to introduce alternatives to detention. In particular, this focus on the place at which detention occurs can constrain our understanding of alternatives to detention, as they do not rely on a particular location but rather involve a set of tools or strategies that can be applied to an individual wherever they might be located in the community.

In my research into alternatives to detention with the International Detention Coalition, [1] we identified a range of mechanisms that can assist in successfully managing migration cases without detention. Such alternatives to detention rely on a range of strategies to keep individuals engaged in immigration procedures while living amongst the local community.

Instead, the focus is on assessing each case and ensuring that the local setting contains the necessary structures and conditions that will best enable that person to work towards a resolution of their migration status with authorities. For instance, as seen in programmes in countries like Australia and Canada, someone facing deportation after reaching the end of their application process may be appropriately and effectively managed in the community if their individual circumstances are assessed; if they are supported in the community with case management, legal advice and an ability to meet their basic needs; and if they undertake to participate in preparations for their departure, to report regularly and to be supervised with more scrutiny if required.

In these situations, it may be necessary for two things to happen. Firstly, the concept of control through confinement in a particular location needs to be replaced with one of management through appropriate supervision. This entails a shift in thinking away from place-based control and towards risk-assessment, management and targeted enforcement.