You’ve put a lot of time and effort into creating the garden in your yard, and you are immensely proud of your work.  You simply adore strolling through it, admiring what you’ve done, but at the same time, you feel you’ve missed a step somewhere along the way and need just a small touch to complete the look.  Your garden seems full and robust, so you can’t imagine what you would add there.  Perhaps you should concentrate on the path through the garden and consider adding an arbor to accent the garden path and create a doorway into your fanciful garden.

A beautiful arbor can complete any design if added in the right context.  Often, a very simple structure such as a garden bridge can be used to accent the garden path and carry some of the creeping vines and plants in your garden as decoration.  In fact, an overly intricate garden arbor may draw too much attention away from the natural beauty of the environment, so the idea here is to keep it simple. On of the most basic materials for a great looking arbor is cedar.  Cedar arbors will last years with little to no maintenance, even without being treated, since cedar protects itself with natural oil production.

Especially if you have other cedar outdoor furniture, an arbor in the same wood will be perfectly complimentary, bringing together the whole design with a common theme.  Picture yourself strolling up the walk, checking the mail in your new cedar mailbox, passing under your cedar arbor, and settling either on your wood garden bench or your cedar rocking chair on the porch. Can you project a more welcoming image when you return home from work every day?

You can also choose to stain or paint a cedar arbor, should you have a color theme in your garden décor.  Be sure to wind your climbing plants through the basket weave or straight pillar designs of your garden arbor, bringing wandering vines into submission and controlling the direction of growth while also bringing a sense of jungle-like wild growth to the garden path.

Be sure that the arbor you choose for your pathway is the right size.  If it’s too large, it will be overbearing and take away from the beauty of the garden, while being too small will make it seem out of place and add inconvenience to your life when you try to walk under and through it.  If you choose wisely, however, a garden arbor can be an excellent asset in bringing out the beauty of your walkway.