Garden Arbor

We want to add an arbor to our landscape design. Is that something that Exterior Worlds can help us with?
Yes! We have built and installed garden arbors for many of our clients. A type of garden structure, arbors give vertical depth to your garden landscape. Our clients like them because they can be either functional or decorative. When used as a functional structure, garden arbors support vines, climbing roses, and other plants. You can also use them purely for aesthetic reasons, for example, serving as an invitation to your guests to enter the landscape.

We’d like to be as prepared as possible before buying. What more can Exterior Worlds tell us about garden arbors?
Garden arbors dress up any space. Your landscape designer or landscape architect can help you integrate the arbor into your total landscape picture. For instance, you may want to pair it with an outdoor water fountain, place it over a path that leads to an outdoor room, wire it with landscape lighting or combine it with other hardscapes in your yard. If you have a themed garden such as a Japanese garden, Mediterranean landscape design or English garden design, you can find arbors with Asian, Moorish, Victorian or Art Deco influences.

Sometimes called a garden arch, an arbor comes in many shapes—squared, rounded or as an arch over pathways. Arbors can be made with decorative ironwork, giving your garden a timeless and graceful appeal. Some are gated. Others have built-in benches.

You have a wide range of choices with materials, too. A sturdy tubular steel construction covered in a black powder coating makes for a durable, weather-resistance arbor. Other choices include vinyl, copper and wrought iron. If your arbor is to be a stand-alone element, then consider using a high quality thick-timber redwood frame. Other woods in this category include cedar and willow.

Because we want our landscape to be special, how does Exterior World suggest using an arbor?
Landscaping ideas with arbors include pairing them with a garden gazebo that creates a focal point that draws the eye into your yard year-round. When used as a gate to your garden, an arbor issues an especially warm welcome to your guests. They can provide shade during Houston’s long hot months or serve as an entrance to a special section of your garden. As an added bonus, arbors make the perfect setting for photo ops on special occasions like children’s parties, family gatherings or business entertaining.

If your priority is gardening, your arbor can provide support to a particular kind of plant by giving them a secure place to grow. They can be used as a showcase for your beautiful flowers and, since they are displayed at eye level and above, make them more easily seen. Plants that work well with arbors are ivy, clematis, roses, grapes and wisteria.

The best use comes at the end, when you get to sit back and enjoy the vista you’ve created with this simple structure in your landscape garden design.