Do not let fencing interfere with the view of the (swimming) pond

Even when not swimming, water features add dynamism, variety and atmosphere to the garden. Ponds and swimming ponds in particular thus provide visual added value all year round, in every season. But what if there are small children running around and thus a physical barrier around the water zone is needed? How do you safeguard the beautiful view in such a case?

A fixed fence around pool or swimming pond is one option. It offers optimal safety, but means that the customer has to sacrifice visual tranquility and charm. After all, even outside the swimming season, when children are safely inside, the fence will disturb the beautiful view of the (swimming) pond. Besides, small children grow up. Even when it is no longer needed, a fixed fence can thus remain the proverbial eyesore of the residents for years to come.

However, there is another solution: a removable screen that can be rolled out quickly and easily at critical moments, but can also be removed just as quickly afterwards. With this in mind, ten years ago garden contractors and architects David and Joeri Van Hulle developed the Seguröll, a vertically retractable screen.

Modular system

The Seguröll system uses a sturdy 80-centimeter-high canvas, which is tensioned between two posts for a 100% secure seal, but can also be easily rolled back up. Removable intermediate posts ensure that the system can be nicely adapted to the shape of the water feature, but also that the impact on the so thoughtfully designed garden panorama outside use is kept to an absolute minimum.

The entire system is modular, making it suitable for applications of all shapes and sizes, freestanding or against a wall.

Small...

At a residence in the Waasland area, a small rectangular pond forms an important part of the small town garden. The small pond is bordered on three sides by plantings, but borders the primary garden path on one side. Because a fixed fence would completely obscure the pond from view, the choice was made to install a single removable Seguröll fence along the walkway. For this purpose, a fixed post was placed at the two corners of the planting. The distance between them is only about five meters, so the fence could be realized with a single six-meter cloth. To create sufficient tension, one more intermediate post was provided centrally, which, however, is easily removed when open.

around...

In the Maldegem area, they were looking for a solution for a small kidney-shaped pond in a semi-circular planting bed on the terrace. Two Seguröll main posts, each equipped with a ten-meter-long cloth, and a few cleverly positioned and removable intermediate posts sufficed here to create a temporary fence, completely following the contours of the rounded planting bed.

... or long

But it could easily be a little bigger. For several years now, a narrow, meter-long pond in the Brussels area has been bordered, when necessary, by five Seguröll canvases in a row. Only the main poles, where the canvases arrive and leave, remain as fixed elements in the garden. At one end, the pond is bordered by planting.