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Garden trellis

January 5, 2018

I ordered this Obelisk Trellis from Wayfair for my Maypops to place out front.

Plow and Hearth Obelisk Trellis at Wayfair
Plow and Hearth Obelisk Trellis at Plow and Hearth

It says it's stainless steel at Wayfair but it is actually powder coated steel "with Stainless Steel Hardware", it is fairly heavy duty but the color of the powder coating is far from bronze.
After a few mods it is ready for the garden.


  • If this is bronze I am purple!

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  • I layered three different greens on the trellis and then hit a few spots with a tan spray paint.

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  • Then it was assembled.

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  • I extended the legs using 30" pieces of some copper pipe I had laying around. I had to cut off the ends to fit the pipe over the legs.

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  • This extends the legs about an additional 18" half of that will be in the ground.

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    For installation, 4 pieces of rebar will be placed in the ground and the copper legs will slide over top of the rebar and into the ground 8-10". This will give me a bit more height, make the trellis more sturdy, make the trellis easily removable and prevent the bottom of the trellis from rusting out. Every few years I can hit it with some spray paint if needed.

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MoonShadows
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Location: Stroudsburg, PA - Zone 6a

Nice job! Make sure to post a pic when you place it in the garden.

Boboe
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What do you plan on climbing up it?



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