I receive all their catalogs and online mailings and love their things. They have been in business for many years. They have a good reputation and are employee owned, I believe. But for some reason, I end up ordering from Hayneedle, another good company, too. I love the arch tunnel. My friend and her husband made a big tunnel (they're geezers like me, but workaholics). She's had a hard time deciding what to grow on it, and so far has grown a couple of kinds of clematis. She tried some roses (can't remember which), but wanted faster results. She has a fountain at the end of the tunnel as a visual point. Sorry to go off topic. I wouldn't worry at all about Gardener's Supply--go ahead and order. You are so lucky to get this arch. I hope others tune in about their experiences with this company. Diane

I have a number of items from Garden's Supply ... tomato/pepper ladders, pots/planters, pea trellis, pound-in edging ... lots of stuff. No complaints about the company.

Thank you so much Diane! I would maybe suggest growing sweet peas to your friend! They smell wonderful and are very fast growing. I hope to companion plant them with my rose! Though I worry about air circulation and black spot. But I see people do it all the time with clematises and roses! I’m so glad you like it, I’m definitely in love with the tunnel idea. My main wish is to have lots of space to train it horizontally without having to fight the rose too hard. I’m also considering getting two of the Montebello Arches from plow and hearth and putting them right next to each other to create the tunnel effect. I’m leaning towards them because they have more wire in the middle, and I would think it would make it much easier to tie the Rose on to. While the gardener supply arch has a lot of open space in the middle with no where really to tie and train the rose? Though I suppose I could always tie string? It is our first time ever attempting this and I just really want to have an easy time training my rose! But I’m so happy to hear you love the company. I’m jealous of your friends who made their arch :) we were planning to do the same and make a cattle panel arch tunnel but my father hurt his shoulder so we are going with store bought this time around!

Blueberry that is so good to hear thank you!

I’ve ordered several times from them and am always pleased with the quality. Last summer I went into their store in Burlington VT and ooooh I can’t wait to get back there this summer! They have quality products and an adorable cafe. Plus all the gorgeous plants with ideas for companion planting (suitable for that zone of course). Highly recommend.

Wow Sarah thank you I feel so good now knowing it will be of good quality!

I've ordered several smaller items from them. I have no complaints. I've not bought anything as large as the arbor, but the quality has been good on the things like self-watering pots and grow bags that I've bought. I've vacillated on buying various arbors and tuteurs, but like Diane, I ended up buying elsewhere. For me it was Kinsmen (Kinsmengarden).

Company provided outstanding customer service when I had a problem with a garden kneeling bench defect. I have never been disappointed with quality or service

So glad to hear this because I’m just in love with that arch style!

I haven't ordered that item, but I have ordered from them and been very pleased with the quality.

@Diane Brakefield Do you think I will have luck training the rose on that arch if I attach some black twine to fill in the empty gaps? You’ve trained such a beautiful Colette, I’d love your input. :)

One thing my friend learned is that a lot of climbing roses took more time than she wanted to wait to even begin to cover the arches she had made. I don't know how large your arch will be, but it will take more than one rose to cover the arch you've shown above. After looking at it, I would recommend something with more space filled in--you've mentioned this above. I don't really train a rose--I just help it along, and occasionally tie a cane that doesn't want to cooperate (or prune them back). I'm a terrible person to ask about training roses, and I never do a lot of pruning climbers, either. I also have a twisty reel to supply long green twisties for any tying I might do. This is the flat kind available on Amazon. I don't know what rose you want to try on the arch, but New Dawn grows really rapidly if you think you could handle it. It can be a thorny monster. I grew a few, and they were too large for my garden. You might consider combining some big clematis to grow with your rose(es). Colette was a very fast growing rose, but I started with a 5 gallon plant and she didn't need to climb a tunnel and cover it. I hate to keep using my friend's photos but she has so many examples. Below is a huge Zepherine Drouhin growing against my friend's gazebo. I don't know how long this took to achieve (I'll ask her), but ZD is thornless. Also shown is a huge Eden on an arbor. I think Eden was a fairly slow grower (I'll ask her about that, too). I hope you get some good advice from others. Good luck, and thanks about Colette. The poor thing pretty much trained herself. Diane

@Diane Brakefield The rose I’m getting are two spirit of freedoms in a one gallon own root from heirloom! I’ve heard she likes to grow pretty fast. I knew it would take some time to cover it but my main concern was it eventually running out of space and having to cut it back year after year. So 75 inches is too wide for spirit to cover? Is 45 inches a better fit?

I know there’s gap in the above arch I sure wish there wasn’t. But I only plan to do two arches and not three. I thought maybe if I did black twine but maybe that’s not a good idea?

Here’s a picture of the size mine will be.

Also please continue to share the pictures I am loving it! I guess I’m getting off topic now, I should have titled this discussion “which arch is the right fit haha”

A kind rosarian on YouTube started out her spirit of freedom on a 22 inch arbor and she quickly ran out of room and had to move it to a gazebo. Which is why I planned to do two arches together. Though her spirit is on fortuniana rootstock, I still hear she’s quite vigorous on own root from houzz. Here is the other arbor I’m considering putting two together. It does have the benefit of having no empty space, but gosh I still just love the other one most. :)