I think they look so romantic!! I’ve never had one . But what if you found one super cheap ? It looks like one of those food corrals from tractor supply ? You could probably buy one very cheap if someone was selling on Craigslist and bury it on its side . Maybe I’m completely wrong though as I never looked at one up close

I wondered the same thing. I wondered how high it would be once the bottom part was buried deep enough for the arbor to be stable. There might even be another better way to install the arbor but I'm not good at that sort of thing. The livestock hay feeders tend to be wider than the arbors so while it might make it more difficult to work with, it seems like it would be more stable and give more surface for the roses.

Phew ok I’m glad you didn’t come back to tell me I was way off on that idea lol . I just always thought that when I saw them . :) I do love the idea of the arbor! Maybe you can make it work someday

It wasn't used as an arbor, but I had a gardening client who wanted a moon gate like one she saw on a magazine cover. It took a bit of looking, but I found two retired engineers who were doing "handyman" work. They created this, complete with saloon door gates. The client decided she didn't want to cover any of it up with a climber for two reasons...she didn't want the moisture from the plant damaging the bent wood which created the "moon" and she didn't want to not be able to see the entire thing. It performed quite well and may still be in use, though I haven't seen it in five years. That is Bonica to the front right; Yves Piaget centered in the gate; Margo Koster under the bird house behind Bonica; Penelope on the far back wall through the gate; Linda Campbell against the house on the left; and Heritage outside the gate on the left in front of the car.

Oh how lovely!!!!! You did an amazing job . I wish my garden plans would come to life like that ! You don’t happen to live out this way do you?

We got this one from the Kinsman Company catalogue. They call it the " Moon Gate Arch". When we had a giant scarlet oak tree taken down because its trunk was rotten, we kept some of the trunk to block the view of the neighbor's house, and my DH built a raised bed around it, and we installed this arch. You could just put it in an opening to a garden by itself.

(ASIDE - I was warned correctly on here that some plants, theoretically including roses, would not grow there because of something the oak roots put out. I planted this rambler, 'Dawson's Apple Blossom', and it has done fine for several years, and is getting bigger. I also planted a tea rose, which died within 12 months, so I guess the rambler was less susceptible. )

Jackie

Thanks, Lily. No ma'am, I live an hour north of Santa Barbara, forty miles south of SLO. The carpenters who created that gate retired and moved to Colorado. All I had was the magazine cover and they made it happen from the photo. I guess any decent carpenter or handyman could do the same. The circle was made of water soaked 2" X 4" they bent. It was pretty remarkable getting to watch that. The client had owned the house for twenty-plus years and always hated how the sun came in through the patio cover lattice into her kitchen and living room, so these gentlemen actually removed the wood, rotated it 45 degrees and then angled it so the sun never came directly into her windows nor sliders. Engineers make really GOOD carpenters!

Kim, I'm trying hard not to be envious. It's not working. Oh my goodness! I understand your client's desire not to cover it. Her roses are lovely with her fence and set off her gate beautifully.

Jackie, your moon gate is one I've seen before and admired. Dawson's Apple Blossom looks lovely on it. How easy was it to get it to grow on the arbor? Your roses seem to do so well.

Lily, did you grow Renae when you lived in Tennessee? If so, how did it do? Do you think it would look nice on an arbor like this one? I've always imagined growing Renae on an arbor. Kim and Jackie, I hope you can weigh in on this part too.

Thank you, Kes. I was delighted how that gate come out, too. Renae would be splendid over an arch. I wish I had photos of it "dripping from the trees" over the lunch area at Sequoia Nursery. Look at the photos of it on its Help Me Find--Roses page. This one from Mary Beamond, grown over her summer house in Adeliade is gorgeous. I have a half dozen or so photos of Renae over a large arbor in the Ralph Moore Memorial Park in Visalia, CA I posted to HMF on April 7, 2012. Cliff fromEuro Desert posted a great photo of his young plant there.

I took This picture for Lisa a while back at the Port St Lucie Garden. I believe she had one and was thinking how she could use it. So this one's for you Lisa. They have a lovely rose garden and I don't really know why they didn't put any roses on these . click to view properly .

Kim, what lovely photos! I'm so impressed. I love roses that are all in for blooming.

Lilyfinch, I'm sorry you weren't able to stay in Tennessee longer too, for purely selfish reasons. I'd love to see pictures of your Renae full grown and in full bloom. Even as a young rose she's a traffic stopper on that arbor. Middle TN weather is a little more extreme than mine; the storms aren't usually as severe by the time they reach us. We don't get quite as much rain for the same reason. My soil isn't as good but that's a living on a hillside thing, not necessarily an E. TN thing. Soil can be improved. Other than that, growing conditions are similar. What you accomplished is at least a possibility here.

You all are good at selling, but I'm not exactly a hard sell. I'm going to give the idea some serious consideration and see what I can come up with.

Thanks, Vaporvac. I've never seen the use of several at once in the same garden. Without roses, they look like they need something, don't they.

Check Best Nest, I think I’ve seen this available and they have some decent sales. if you don’t have Kim’s carpenters, maybe you could use copper pipe for the moon insert.

Kes, to answer your question, Dawson's Apple Blossom is a rambler, so it has long, thin, flexible canes and it is easy to grow on anything. It has climbed up our crab apple tree all by itself - I did not even start it up the tree.

Jackie

The good thing about those Livestock feeder/Hayrings, is they dont rust here. Everything seems to rust so fast but I have half of a Hayring (it was here when we moved here) around the Mermaid rose to kind corral her in a little. It hasn't rusted at all.

I suppose you could paint them with a hammered copper or bronze paint and add a little turquoise here and there, for a verdigris look or something else pretty. Or paint with a faux stone type paint. They are kinda a plain flat silver.

Best Nest has this.