Quick verdict
Three white vinyl picket panels, each 24 inches wide and 24 inches tall, with stakes that push into the ground without digging, making 6 linear feet of garden fence per box. It looks like a cottage garden border and works as a rabbit barrier for a vegetable patch or flower bed, provided the pickets are close enough and the bottom sits on the soil. Vinyl never needs painting. Buy several boxes for a real enclosure; one box is a short run.
Strengths
- No digging; stakes push into soil
- White vinyl needs no paint or maintenance
- Looks like a traditional picket fence
- Removable and reinstallable for seasonal use
- Twenty-four inches is enough height for rabbits
Weaknesses
- Six feet per box; a vegetable garden needs several
- Not a deer or dog barrier
- Rabbits can push under if the bottom is not snug to the soil
The overall YardToolLab Score is out of 100. Section scores are out of 10.
A Fence You Would Choose Anyway
Most rabbit fencing is chicken wire on stakes, which works and looks like it. Zippity’s Roger Rabbit fence is white vinyl picket, 24 inches tall, in panels that stake into the ground without digging, and it happens to be rabbit height with pickets too close to squeeze through. One box makes 6 feet; a garden takes several.
This review is based on the maker’s specifications and on how no-dig vinyl picket fences perform as rabbit barriers generally. We have not installed this fence ourselves.
Installation
Assemble the panels with a screwdriver, position them and drive the stakes with a mallet. No post holes, no concrete, no levelling beyond eyeballing the line. The fence comes up as easily, which suits a vegetable patch that becomes lawn again in winter or a rental garden.
Rabbits
A rabbit will not jump a 24 inch fence it can see through to a garden it is not starving for, and it cannot fit between the pickets. The vulnerability is the base: rabbits push under a gap. Set the bottom rail on the soil along its whole length, fill hollows and check after heavy rain. Where rabbits are determined, a strip of hardware cloth along the inside base buried a few inches finishes the job invisibly.
Appearance
This is the reason to buy it. White vinyl picket reads as a cottage garden border, never needs paint and hoses clean. It defines a bed as well as it protects it, which chicken wire never does.
Cost and Coverage
Six feet per box means a 10 by 10 bed needs seven boxes, and Zippity sells matching gates. The cost per foot is higher than wire. For a feature bed near the house that is a fair trade; for a half-acre orchard it is not.
Who Should Buy It
- Homeowners with a vegetable bed near the house who want it to look nice.
- Gardeners with rabbits but not deer.
- Renters and seasonal gardeners who need a fence that comes up.
Common Owner Complaints
Price per foot and rabbits under a gap at the base. Budget for the boxes you need and set the bottom rail snug.
Layout Tips
Run a string line before driving any stakes so the panels sit straight, and start from a fixed point such as a house wall or a gate. Leave the gate for last so its position adjusts to whatever the panels leave. On a slope, step each panel down a little rather than tilting it; stepped panels look intentional and tilted ones look wrong.
Alternatives to Consider
Chicken wire on stakes is the cheap functional version. Welded wire garden fence panels suit larger plots. Zippity’s taller 32 inch panels add margin against jumping.
Verdict
For a bed you look at every day, this fence keeps rabbits out and makes the garden prettier, installed in an afternoon with a mallet. Set it tight to the ground and buy enough boxes to close the loop.
Full specifications
Zippity Outdoor Products Roger Rabbit 24 Inch White Vinyl No-Dig Garden Fence, 3 Panels FAQs
Rabbits rarely jump 24 inches and cannot squeeze between the pickets. The weak point is underneath; set the bottom rail on the soil and fill any dips. For a fence you can see through and is pretty, it does the job.
Forty feet of perimeter is seven boxes, minus any gate or house wall. Zippity sells matching gates.
A mallet to drive the stakes and a screwdriver for assembly. No post holes or concrete.
Strong enough for rabbits, children and the occasional lean. Not for dogs that charge fences or deer.
