How To Decorate A Arch In A Garden

Added Elegance

The matching brick-lined stone columns at the end of these stone walls make for elegant bases for the intricate iron arch that leads to this home's luxurious formal garden. At the arch's peak is a vintage-style lantern suspended over the path, giving it a cozy glow.

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Opt for Iron

When your property features a garden that resembles a tropical paradise and a stunning coral stone wall, your garden gate needs to be equally impressive, but not detract from the surrounding beauty. A black iron gate is perfect in this setting. It's durable, strong and bold, yet does not steal the show.

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The Best Things Take Time

Stroll beneath this impressive ivy-covered brick archway to the stone patio at this sprawling 1930s Montecito, California, estate. Brick and stone installations are a great way to add charm and an established feel to your outdoor spaces.

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Wood & Wire

There isn't a much more charming addition to a garden than a well-built wood and wire fence. The gorgeous garden gate at this French country estate is perfectly positioned at the end of a gravel path, sandwiched between two pyramid trellises with vines spilling from their tops.

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Streamline Your Privacy

A sleek solid wood garden gate creates a streamlined entrance to this contemporary outdoor patio space. In order to not block off the view completely, the designer opted for the white walls to be short yet feature planters at the top so privacy can be grown and customized. Learn more about planting for privacy with the link, below.

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Living Archway

A gorgeous living archway may take time, but believe us, it is worth the effort! Pair something like this with an elegant cobblestone walkway and you have yourself the quintessential landscape. Want to learn more about landscape design? Take a look at our list of essentials, below.

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Timeless and Traditional

This handcrafted wooden gate features a timeless "Z" bracing pattern in a weathered gray finish, allowing it to sit boldly against the painted brick. The gate design effortlessly adds to the classic charm of this manicured garden.

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Fragrance-Filled Arch

Fill your garden with fragrance by including an arch covered in this pretty climbing rose. 'St. Swithun' is a showstopper, opening fully double pink blooms with over 120 petals, making for a perfect centerpiece in a beautiful flower garden. Learn more about climbing roses, below.

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A Look That's Laser-Cut

A low garden wall separates this Spanish bungalow from the street, making the home feel secluded, even in Los Angeles. Poured-in-place concrete steps and a stunning laser-cut metal gate mark the entrance to the courtyard, giving the property a distinguished entrance.

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Patinaed to Perfection

How about a gorgeous garden gate and archway in one? There's nothing we would change about this tiered garden entrance. From the stone steps to the patina of the wrought iron, everything is perfect as is.

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Modern Rustic

Two strong metal gates hang from sturdy wooden posts to keep pests out of this raised bed garden. The combination of the wood and metal imparts a modern rustic aesthetic that looks perfect alongside the building at the back of the garden. Need to protect your garden from pests? See more beautiful garden fence ideas, below.

Draw From Your Surroundings

The naturalistic garden gate and arch at The Swag in Waynesville, North Carolina, is made from limbs and branches, giving it a look that is right at home in the Smoky Mountain setting. An on-site chef at the inn prepares gourmet breakfasts, lunches and dinners for guests with produce from the garden, drawing inspiration from what's in season.

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Green With Envy

What better entrance to a classic New Orleans parterre garden than this green wrought iron gate? The muted green color softens the gate and fence in a way that a traditional black finish wouldn't, and ties into the green hues of the home itself.

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Fragrant Framework

This custom garden gate creates a stunning entrance from this home's driveway to the garden. The arch provides a structure for fragrant roses to grow, and frames the client's Gaelic obelisk located directly in the center of the path.

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More Privacy, Please

A beautiful, black wooden gate provides passage through this tall ivy-covered privacy wall to the pristine brick pathway in this garden. The tall gate maintains the garden's privacy, but the cut-out design connects the space to the world beyond.

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Keep Things Quirky

The asymmetry of this quaint wooden garden gate is the perfect design to pair with this quirky cottage-style home. Whereas something stiff and uniform would detract from the charm of the cottage garden, this unique piece blends right in.

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History in the Making

Surrounded by old trees and lush vegetation, this unique red brick arch is right at home in the garden of this historic South Carolina home. The classic look of the red brick against the bold green of the garden draws the eye and allows the black trellis fence to take a visual backseat.

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Step Into a Secret Garden

This lush, cottage-style garden is surrounded by tall flagstone walls topped with slate shingles. The wooden gate with wrought iron hinges and a small window, leads into the outdoor space, hiding the garden from view and giving it the feel of a secret, secluded garden straight from a storybook.

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Iron and Brick

There is something so utterly charming about a black wrought iron gate in the center of a brick or stone wall. Throw in some healthy vine coverage, a bistro table to enjoy an aperitivo and a gorgeous paver patio, and you'll be transported to another time.

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Welcome to the Jungle

Craig Reynolds knows a thing or two about designing the perfect tropical landscape, often creating oasis-like spots that feel straight out of the rainforest itself. This weathered stone wall and wooden gate instantly sets an intriguing tone outside this tropical garden, opening up to a curvy, brick pathway that meanders through the jungle-like landscape beyond.

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