Comments on: Making snazzy re-purposed garden arches

By: pat rice

pat rice — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:27:38 +0000

i love your ideas

By: Jeanne Sammons

Jeanne Sammons — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:28:25 +0000

In reply to Myra Glandon. Great score, Myra! If you decide on an arbor, I know it will be fabulous .... as your other garden projects! I am still so in awe of your Cornzebo!!! Thanks, Myra!

By: Myra Glandon

Myra Glandon — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 02:24:25 +0000

Loved the arbors. I scored 4 six panel solid wood doors Tuesday morning on the way to work. I am trying to decide how to use them. Jeanne’s arbor has been inspiring as well as an arbor I found on pinterest.

Loved the story and pic.

By: Jeanne Sammons

Jeanne Sammons — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:55:30 +0000

In reply to Becky Shaul Norris. Becky ...I know your door arbor area will be gorgeous! That sounds so cool planting grape vines! Looking forward to seeing your photos this Spring/Summer! I love Cleome, too! Hope it grows great for both of us this year! Thanks, Becky!

By: Jeanne Sammons

Jeanne Sammons — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:51:34 +0000

In reply to Nanette.

Nanette … my hubby had some scrap L-shaped ‘brackets’ that he screwed into thebottom ‘edge’ of the doors’ back …you can see them in the ‘backside’ photo … then used a long metal stake with a ‘U’ shape & pounded it into the ground …also the doors are sitting on patio block which has helped with stability, too, since there is no ‘floor’ to this arbor ..the 4 braces at the roof top has helped stabalize it tremendeously, too! We get good winds here also …but some protection w/pines … been out there since June 09 & we just looked @it today …it needs some touch-up painting & the top of one door is splitting apart some so my hubby said some caulk & a clamp to pull it back tog will probably get us a few more years! Hope this helps.

By: Becky Shaul Norris

Becky Shaul Norris — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:40:16 +0000

I am in awe of all these gorgeous arbors. I finally have a door arbor made from french doors just like Jeanne Sammons arbor. I am now fninishing up on all the plantings around the arbor and will make some pictures then. Ithink that once I get Cleome to grow it will look identical to Jeanne’s. I planted grape vines on either side of mine and hope that one day it will cover this arch. They say for vines, the first year they sleep, the second year they creep and the third year they leap, so maybe by next year it will be covered by grapes.
In answer to the question from Nanette about grounding the arbor, We put large pieces of angle iron into the ground beside each door panel and once they were hammered deeply into the ground, we screwed the posts to each side of the door. Hope this helps and I hope all of you are able to have gorgeous arches like Jeanne Sammons, Sue Gerdes and the others.

By: Nanette

Nanette — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:47:16 +0000

Absolutely great. Question on arbors made from doors/windows. I see how the wire and branch arbors are anchored. How are the door/window arbors anchored? We can get some pretty good winds/storms here in Nashville.
Thanks to all for the great ideas. Went Goodwill “buy it by the pound” warehouse and found all sorts of good junk to plant in, for minimum$$$. Gonna have fun today!

By: Nell Howard Stelzer

Nell Howard Stelzer — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:24:22 +0000

I love the article and great arbors featured ! I would love to do one but I need to figure the best spot for it.