I became infatuated with these natural woven fences when I saw them at what was the old Homestead Manor in Thompons Station. They are gone now, but in 2014 they had gardens with wattle fences in the area between what is now the 1789 Coffee Shop and the main house (also now part of the coffee shop).
Before electric fences and the modern materials, wattle fences were used to keep in sheep and other animals. You can find folks keeping the craft alive on instagram and other garden aficionados intrigued by them as well. They are common in the UK.
I fell for them for their organic looks, earthy appearance and natural origins. Saplings or thin branches ( vines are ideal) that can bend, are woven between pieces of stakes places in the ground. Mine is rather, uh, homely as I used what had on hand: pieces of dead bamboo growing in a neighbors yard and bendable twigs and branches I found basically anywhere. On my neighborhood walks, my yard or the park that I run in, that always has an abundance of trimming and wood laying about.
