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.