HaHa's were introduced to the UK from France by Capability Brown. A HaHa is a boundary barrier that does not block the view. It was used to keep animals such as sheep and cattle out of the formal garden without loosing the view across the countryside. a HaHa was usually a 'semi-ditch' with the garden side a wall.

It was called a HaHa form people's comments once they were told the reason for it.

Using modern products such as perspex, it is possible to create the HaHa principle in a fence.

Alice from the UK is right. Ha-Ha's belong to the elements of the landscape garden style of the 18 century. It was intend to have a seamless change of the lawn by the house and the landscape behind, so it looks like the whole surrounding belongs to the garden.

Ha-Ha's consist of a deep section with a wall in it to keep the cattle or wild out of the garden. For the construction of a Ha-Ha you have to dig a lot. It's depending of the size of the garden how long and deep your Ha-Ha is going to be. Do you have a big garden in a park landscape then the Ha-Ha must be about 1,80 m deep and the wall even 1,80 m high. The wall can made of concrete blocks and bricks or bricks with cobbles or other materials that look natural by the house. It can be useful to put drains so there's no standing water in your Ha-Ha.

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