Deer Proof

While in Bend, I saw this great deer-proof vegetable garden – a raised bed surrounded by a high fence. The fence looks sturdy, the garden is easy to see through the wire mesh, and a small door provides easy access. The fence looks high enough to keep out leaping deer.


Sturdy, attractive, deer-proof vegetable bed.

According to the Sunset Western Garden Book, a deer-proof fence should be at least six feet high on level ground to keep out most deer, but some deer can jump seven or eight feet high. Others recommend ten feet high fences, because deer are such amazing jumpers. The Sunset website shows another design that is adapted for a ten-feet high fence.