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

~ (Author) "My love for bentwood started in early childhood..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

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Long has written a friendly, conversational book about bentwood garden accessories, some fantastic, others prosaic or elegantly simple. In nine main chapters, he covers selecting wood, making a basic trellis, more elaborate and decorative trellis designs, bentwood gates, bentwood fences, arbors, and trellises made without bentwood. He discusses the selection of plants for your structures, and finally, adds a chapter on simply enjoying your bentwood structures, even going so far as to include a few yummy recipes for muffins, teas, and shortbread to savor in your newly created garden environment!

The techniques outlined by Long can be easily adapted to your own individual designs and creative ideas. As Bertha Reppert, the founder of the Rosemary House, says, "I shall never look at plant prunings the same way again." Bentwood garden structures offer a natural, eye-pleasing alternative to plastics and mass-manufactured garden installations, making use of the garden itself to generate construction materials that might otherwise end up burned or in a landfill. --Mark A. Hetts

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"I shall never look at plant prunings the same way again." -- Bertha Reppert, herbalist, author, lecturer, and founder of The Rosemary House in Mechanicsburg, PA

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Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC (January 5, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 158017051X
• ISBN-13: 978-1580170512
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #404,983 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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54 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Book for Dreaming and Doing, March 25, 2000

By A Customer

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!

61 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A descriptive detailed book on how to make trellises., July 12, 1998

By A Customer

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

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Recycle that brush!, February 24, 2006

By	P. J. Carter "ScottTolkienDickens Fan" (Maine) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.