All About Garden Arbors

Famous author and poet Sir Walter Scott once noted, "Nothing is more the child of art than a garden." And few things inside a garden look more artistic than garden arbors bedecked with flowering vines. Garden arbors are showcases, meant to highlight the best attributes of your garden or create a dramatic entry point into the garden.

Garden arbors are structures that support plants and vines and serve as transitions between sections of a garden or as architectural features that complement the landscape of a yard. Garden arbors covered with flowering plants serve as a constant backdrop to the seasonal progression of your garden.

Help your garden command attention

For a garden to truly stand out it needs to offer than just complementary flower colors and interesting foliage. With that in mind, vertical focal points like garden arbors are very important. Well-placed garden arbors work to draw the eye up and create and elevated presence in your garden.

Most gardens, but especially new gardens, are in need of garden arbors to provide this vertical focal point. Flowering trees and large shrubs will provide natural vertical interest over time, but for the first few years there's simply no substitute for man-made structures like garden arbors.

Making garden arbors a part of your landscape

Garden arbors should blend with the aesthetics of your home and garden. Garden arbors should be chosen in sizes that compliment your garden and should neither overpower nor feel lost in it. Versatile and full of functional beauty, garden arbors can be used to create a transition between areas in a larger garden to separate a kitchen garden from a cutting garden. In another application, garden arbors can be used to create a sense of drama at the entrance of any garden.

Well-placed garden arbors can be more than focal points for your garden. You can also make garden arbors a hub of activity - a place for your family and friends to meet to relax, dine, play, and while away lazy summer hours.

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