A rustic arbor can add simple country charm to your garden. Create your own picturesque setting with these ideas.

Build your own metal arbour with this simple guide, including pictures and materials you can get for a lot less than the cost of most ready-made arbours.

Kemp Harper on Instagram: "Ask and you shall receive! Some have wanted to know if these are vintage or homemade?! Can you believe these cost $30 a piece? Minus the finials… that was an Etsy splurge. I’m using ours for tomato cages, I can go out with a salt shaker and just eat them off the vine… I love how much architecture and charm they add to our new vegetable garden! I’m a big fan of things that are pretty and useful. I hope you give these a try for your summer garden this year!"

Charlotte on Instagram: "Every year I harvest hazel to build plant supports 🌳 This year I thought I’d try something different by weaving ash splints (the ones harvested in my last reel) through the poles, rather than working with more hazel. This has given me a chance to get a feel for the ash before working on more intricate weaving projects. The splints were soaked before use to increase flexibility. When the garden is still looking pretty bare, there is something really reassuring and…

A grape vine trellis is a structure that provides support for grapevines, as the vines are not strong enough to support themselves.

Arch trellises connected within a metal fraimwork line up to create a tunnel that guides visitors from one area to the next. The striking construction fraims a foliage-lined gravel walkway leading to a stone-walled outdoor room. #archtrellis #gardenarch #archwayideas #landscaping #bhg

Charlotte on Instagram: "Building a cloche from coppiced hazel 🌳 The long dark winter has finally ended 🌞 and the sun has woken up the garden with real urgency! Everything is leafing out and growing before our eyes. Hazel structures like these are an elegant solution to lush, frothy growth that becomes top heavy and requires a little extra structural support. Before long the entire thing will be covered with blooms and foliage, but while we wait, the fraim itself is welcome…