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paulns

custom-designing an arbour

paulns
16 years ago

I've been asked to design a wooden fence and arbour for the local museum settlers' gardens, and wonder if any of you have experience, advice and/or know of websites to go to for inspiration. I've googled arbors but haven't found sites that offer more interesting concepts. It would be nice to have this one hint at pioneer times and the Gaelic history of this place, without being too primitive or rustic. This is vague, I know, but there are a few months yet until spring. The arbour will be gated, serving as a window into the gardens, not a passageway, and we'll train things up the outsides - a climbing rose, perhaps some honeysuckle or clematis (does C. virginiana really climb?).

I've designed and built one traditional-looking arbour myself, using ideas from the web and books. This was a few years ago; the Rosa rubrifolia and a pink honeysuckle now meet over the top. And that's a volunteer sunflower we didn't have the heart to pull out, and that we called The Bouncer.

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:54014}}

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