垣 Gardens require boundaries and they require enclosure. This may often be achieved by the use of heavy planting, often clipped into formal shapes as hedges, but another means of achieving this to create fences. In the Japanese garden fences are used as boundary markers, and they also have a role as spatial divisions within the garden as well. These spatial divisions sub-divide the garden space, enabling the garden creator to emphasise a layered unfolding of the garden experience. Probably…