Great Gazebo (Trellis?) at Lowes

19 years ago

I had to run to Lowes for some things this afternoon -- when one is restoring an old house, the home improvement store is a home away from home. As usual, I made a quick run through the garden section of the store first. As I came from outside into the lawn furniture area, I stopped dead in my tracks. There in front of me was a beautiful filigree gazebo, 12' in diameter, 10' high, on clearance for $229. I was planning to design and build a gazebo next spring for my shade garden to cover a old brick-lined death-trap septic tank. This one is completely perfect for what I need, and it costs about 10% of what I thought it would cost to build one. Woo Hoo. Now all I have to build is the floor.

The reason I'm posting it here, is that this would make a gorgeous trellis for 6 roses if the top and screening were taken off. Take a look.

Connie

Here is a link that might be useful: Gazebo at Lowes

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buford
19 years ago
I've see a square one, but not a round one. I think it will look fantastic. Only question, if it is in your shade garden, will the roses get enough sun? I have ZD on the NW corner of my deck and it only gets afternoon sun and is doing well. That might be a good choice.
hartwood
Original Author
19 years ago
Sorry for the misunderstanding -- I'm not going to use it for roses, but I thought others might like to get idea from what I found. There have been a few threads recently about trellises and arbors.

The old septic tank in our yard is a 4' diameter hole that opens to a brick-lined pit that's about 10-feet deep -- not a good thing to have anywhere near a 3-year-old. Since this spot is a very prominent one, I got the idea to build a gazebo over the hole to make it completely inaccessible (it hasn't been in use in probably 50 years) and create a focal point. This area gets absolutely no sun at all, so no roses here.

I hadn't seen a round one either. I guess that's why I was so taken with it. The ribs that form the roof have the same filigree design as the posts, and they meet into a little round crown. It looks so cool inside, which is why I thought that it would make a good trellis for someone if you took off the cover.

The regular price of $328 is pretty good, considering how large and sturdy the thing is. Getting it for $99 off of that is even better.

Connie
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patricianat
19 years ago
OK, I am going to say that I know people that have had these and they do not stand up to high winds. I know people in California who have them and love them. Not sure how they would hold up in your area, but in Alabama and Florida where we get high winds and lots of rain (er, we used to anyway), not sure how it would hold up but I would be willing for that price to try it and remove the cover if we were expecting storms, if I was so inclined to buy one. I am just about out of room for anything so I will pass on it and tell us next year how it did over a year's time. A friend used that as a "pattern" to build one of cedar and make a real roof for it and it is lovely. Of course, it cost quite a bit more even with him building it himself. He is a great carpenter (former engineer).