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Create simple, sustainable, and affordable bentwood projects to beautify your yard. Nothing combines natural beauty and functionality more gracefully than a rustic bentwood trellis, arbor, gate, or fence for your outdoor space. With clear illustrated step-by-step instructions you'll learn how to collect limbs from a wide variety of native trees as a part of routine pruning and then use those limbs to make beautiful, sturdy bentwood projects. A list of vining plants that grow well on trellises and arbors is also included. In just one day, learn how to make:
Butterfly Trellis with graceful curves and elegant latticework.
Stack of Hearts trellis reminiscent of the late Victorian era.
Gothic Arches trellis for small-leaved vines.
Golden Gate Bridge fence inspired by the famous San Franciso bridge.
Setting Sun fence that can be made using little wood.
List of contents
Introduction: My Love for Bentwood
Chapter 1: Selecting Wood
Determining What Type of Wood You Ned
Finding a Source for Wood
Working with Green Wood
Common Types of Wood
Common Vines
Chapter 2: Making the Basic Trellis
The Tools You Need
The Materials You Need
Making a Workspace
Chapter 3: Decorative Trellis DesignsChapter 4: Bentwood Gates Design a Gate to Fit the Purpose and the Place
Chapter 5: Bentwood Fences Variation on a Trellis
Chapter 6: Arbors Arbor Designs
Trees and Plants for Making Your Arbor
Chapter 7: Trellises Without Bentwood Using Available Materials
Chapter 8: Selecting Plants for Your Bentwood Structures Outstanding Edible Vines for Your Trellis
Outstanding Decorative Vines for Your Trellis
Index
About the author
Jim Long is co-owner of Long Creek Herb Farm in Oak Grove, Arkansas, and an herbalist, author, landscape designer, and syndicated gardening columnist. His business and gardens have been featured in Gourmet, Southern Living, Better Homes & Gardens' Deck & Landscape Planner, Country Garden, and many other magazines, and he has written articles for Organic Gardening, Garden Design, and The Business of Herbs, among others. He lives on the Missouri-Arkansas border in the heart of the Ozark Mountains.
