Build a beautiful garden
arbor with an easy-to-follow, downloadable
garden arbor plan.
An elegant garden arbor makes a
delightful feature of your garden landscape
design, and they’re very easy to build, even for
DIY novices.
These beautiful vertical gardens come
in a wonderful variety of shapes and sizes, and
can include a seat or bench, or they can be used
to form a gateway with a latching door.
To get you started, you’ll
find a great range of easy-to-follow garden arbor
plans you can download from the internet. Each
garden arbor plan
will provide you with complete instructions, tips
and a list of materials and tools. Just follow the
links from this site for more information on how
to build a beautiful garden arbor and where to buy
materials.
Garden arbor design and
construction basics.
The key to designing and building a strong,
stable and attractive garden arbor is to think about
the type of plants you plan to grow on it. When
you’re choosing a plan for your garden arbor, make
sure it has been designed to support the plants you
have in mind.
If you’re planning to grow heavy,
bushy plants like roses, you’ll need a very sturdy
arbor, preferably built using pressure treated
lumber. The width and weight of the
trellises will
also be determined by the size of the plants they
will need to support.
A large timber garden arbor will need a strong
foundation. For an eight foot span arbor, you’ll
need to dig the foundation holes around three feet
deep and a foot wide. The posts for the arbor will
need to be braced to keep them vertical, and set in
concrete, which will need to cure for at least one
day before the crosspieces can be set across the
top.
