Plan posts and panels for fencing a rectangular garden.
Fencing material equals the garden's perimeter, and the posts and panels divide that length by their spacing and size. Counting posts and panels up front keeps a fence job budgeted and avoids a run short of material partway around the border.
Perimeter Fence
Perimeter = 2 x (length + width); posts = perimeter ÷ post spacing
Perimeter = 2 x (length + width); posts = perimeter ÷ post spacing Fencing material equals the garden's perimeter, and the posts and panels divide that length by their spacing and size.
Counting posts and panels up front keeps a fence job budgeted and avoids a run short of material partway around the border.
This calculator takes 3 inputs: Garden length, Garden width, Post spacing. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.