Trellises, Arbors & Decks
Trellises and Arbors
A trellis is generally an architectural creation of interwoven wood or metal used for garden ornamentation and to support plants.Depending on your garden's needs, a trellis or an arbor can add some visual diversity with an otherwise flat lawn or rectilinear hedge. Usually, a landscape designer will choose a trellis to add height to walls, increase privacy, separate different parts of the garden with a spacer that's permeable to air and light, or specifically to support a vine that cannot grow upright on its own.
A trellis looks like a decorative fence: a few aligned posts joined with latticework or other cross pieces. It can attach to an existing structure or independently mounted with a poured cement base. Trellises made of wood, such as teak or cedar, will naturally weather and look more organically integrated with the rest of your landscape. For those wanting a more colorful finish, polyvinyl and metal offer another possible material. Although a trellis can take the place of a wall, hedge, fence, or tree, most people choose to grow a climbing plant such as a rose, camellia, or honeysuckle.
An arbor, on the other hand, takes up three dimensions and usually spans a larger area. People use arbors, sometimes called pergolas, to cover a paved walkway with a series of integrated arches, roof an outdoor living space like a patio or deck, or frame a seating area such as a bench or swing. This massive structure has more elaborate vertical supports, called colonnades, to hold up a roof of lattice, slats, or even retractable canvas.
Ask The Builder webiste has some great information on building Trellises. The most important factors covered in that article are to use aluminum or stainless steel nails or bolts because of rust factors, and "
If you decide to use a clear or semi-transparent sealer you must use a synthetic resin water repellent. Quite possible the best product currently available is Defy. You can get it by calling 800-860-6327.
Regular nationally advertised wood sealers and protectants often contain natural oils for the resin. These compounds are FOOD for mildew and algae! That is why your deck turns black and green....... Don't let it happen to your beautiful redwood or cedar trellis. It would be a crime."
The "green deck" syndrome we have all seen.
Ask the Builder also has a great video online that is worth watching if only for the commercial beforehand.
You can get pre-made trellises and arbors from either Home Depot or Lowe's and you can do Google Searches and Yahoo Searches (image searches) shop around and get design ideas.
It is hard to describe in a simple blog how much a trellis or an arbor can do for your yard in defining spaces.
A trellis looks like a decorative fence: a few aligned posts joined with latticework or other cross pieces. It can attach to an existing structure or independently mounted with a poured cement base. Trellises made of wood, such as teak or cedar, will naturally weather and look more organically integrated with the rest of your landscape. For those wanting a more colorful finish, polyvinyl and metal offer another possible material. Although a trellis can take the place of a wall, hedge, fence, or tree, most people choose to grow a climbing plant such as a rose, camellia, or honeysuckle.
An arbor, on the other hand, takes up three dimensions and usually spans a larger area. People use arbors, sometimes called pergolas, to cover a paved walkway with a series of integrated arches, roof an outdoor living space like a patio or deck, or frame a seating area such as a bench or swing. This massive structure has more elaborate vertical supports, called colonnades, to hold up a roof of lattice, slats, or even retractable canvas.
Ask The Builder webiste has some great information on building Trellises. The most important factors covered in that article are to use aluminum or stainless steel nails or bolts because of rust factors, and "
If you decide to use a clear or semi-transparent sealer you must use a synthetic resin water repellent. Quite possible the best product currently available is Defy. You can get it by calling 800-860-6327.
Regular nationally advertised wood sealers and protectants often contain natural oils for the resin. These compounds are FOOD for mildew and algae! That is why your deck turns black and green....... Don't let it happen to your beautiful redwood or cedar trellis. It would be a crime."
The "green deck" syndrome we have all seen.
Ask the Builder also has a great video online that is worth watching if only for the commercial beforehand.
You can get pre-made trellises and arbors from either Home Depot or Lowe's and you can do Google Searches and Yahoo Searches (image searches) shop around and get design ideas.
It is hard to describe in a simple blog how much a trellis or an arbor can do for your yard in defining spaces.
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