Customer Reviews

Making Bentwood Trellises, Arbors, Gates & Fences (Rustic Home Series)

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If you love the romantic look of twig trellises, arbors, gates and fences (not to mention wattling), this is the book for you! Using raw materials that most people have or can get for free (and Jim Long tells how to do this, too), the reader is led through the step-by-step process to make a variety of pictured designs.

Long also tells what tools and materials you need, how to make a work space, how to construct the basic trellis, and how to install it (including securing it in the ground). There's even a chapter on selecting plants for your new trellis. Best of all, Long reveals the trick for actually getting your creation to look like the picture (hint: it involves a picnic table).

This is a book for dreaming and doing!

The illustrations were very good as a first time person to trellis making, I found this book very exciting. The author made it simple for people to follow and do the project. I liked the detail he gave for making each project. Making arches to gates for your flower garden, they are all nice pieces of art. He tells also what is great to grow on the trellises. Thanks

This book gives good directions and shows many attractive ideas. I am going to try a living fence and some supports for pole beans in the garden-that should be much prettier than the metal posts and twine I used last year.

I love this book. Its very inspirational with all of the detailed photos and instructions on how to build bentwood trellises, gates & fences. I would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to delve into rustic garden pieces that are not only decorative but functional as well.

I reviewed several books before buying this one. It has precise directions for what kind of trees to use, when to cut them, and exactly how to put them together. Written in clear language by someone who has created many of these structures, this book is also a wealth of ideas, designs, practical instructions for building and erecting all sorts of outdoor twig structures.

I like this book because it covers the basics of bentwood trellis building, including discussion of various types of wood and different styles of trellises. It is easy to understand A useful book altogether.

Bought this at ultra discount ($0.01) with 9 bucks shipping. Had some good tips in it for a guy who builds twig arbors for his wife's garden. Not sure I want to duplicate the trellis designs described, but I benefited from the advice on use of green wood, what kind of woods can be used, and the suggestion to use rebar tie wire. A good buy but the shipping I still consider high.

A little disappointing. Great if you want to make most things with heart shapes in it. I didn't. Good for explaining how you go about putting one together, and a few nice designs. The recipes in the back where odd - a nice idea, and i suppose better than another six pages of a heart shaped patterned trellises. Also a lot of diagrams rather than pictures - Pictures would work better i think - obviously dearer to print though.

I was disappointed in this book. Mostly illustrations , not any actual photos.
I definitely would not have purchased if I known this.