Bamboo Garden Gate

poehere
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Bamboo Garden Gate - bamboo covered metal garden gate I live on a small island in the South Pacific, where everything is imported. We do not have a large variety of items to choose from. Years ago when we wanted to put a gate up all we had to choose from was a metal gate. The gate has been up for over 20 years now and is looking shabby and worn.

My husband needed to make the gate taller so the dogs could not jump over the gate and get out of the yard. He ended up soldering on some metal supports and just adding some more medal fencing material to the top of the gate. The fencing material he used was not the same as the original gate and over time became dangerous and you could cut yourself on the metal when you opened and closed the gate. I decided it was time to fix the gate and give the garden more of a tropical look.

Total Time: 4 Hours

Supplies:

150 small bamboo poles, actual number will depend on size of gate
400 plastic tie wraps, actual number with vary on number of bamboo poles used
garden shears

Steps:

Place a bamboo pole on the gate and use your garden shears to cut off the excess amount. I have placed the poles vertically to cover the gate fencing.

Bamboo Garden Gate - cut a piece of bamboo to size vertically

Bamboo Garden Gate - cutting bamboo with shears

Take a cable tie and start to attach the bamboo pole to the metal fencing. Secure the tie to hold it in place. You will need 3 to 4 ties for each piece of bamboo you have attached to the gate. Cable ties work great in the topics and are easy to use to attach the bamboo to a fence.

Bamboo Garden Gate - attaching upright bamboo with cable ties

With your garden shears, you can trim off the excess cable tie.

Bamboo Garden Gate - trim off excess cable tie

Use the remainder of the pole to attach to the top of the gate. You will need to attach the pole on all the extensions. Cut off the remainder of the pole when you finish attaching it horizontally to the gate.

Bamboo Garden Gate - horizontal bamboo at top of gate

Continue placing the poles on the gate and attaching them to the wire. I started at the bottom and worked my way to the top of the gate.

Bamboo Garden Gate - continuing to add and attach the vertical bamboo poles

When I was finished, I decided to add the rest of the bamboo poles to the side of the gate to create a small fenced area to add to the look of the gate. When I was done I just added some rocks at the bottom of the bamboo poles to hold them in place and add to the look of the garden.

Bamboo Garden Gate - gate with additional poles added to the sides

Depending on the size of the gate and if you want to add more bamboo it can take between 75 to 150 pieces. I said to use 400 cable ties, but I did not use that many. This will also depend on the size of your gate and how many ties you use to secure the bamboo poles to the fencing.

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Nellhathnofury

October 10, 20190 found this helpful

This is absolutely gorgeous!! A great way to add a touch of the islands to spice up your living space!

poehere
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October 14, 20190 found this helpful

Thank you so much. It is easy to do and anyone can do this no matter where they live. Bamboo can grow almost anywhere and it is easy to grow.

colliepam
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October 13, 20190 found this helpful

how clever!and looks lovely!i envy you your lovely island .god bless x

poehere
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October 14, 20190 found this helpful

This is a simple way to add a new look to any garden. I know people grow bamboo all over the world because it is easy to grow. You just need to be careful that it does not take over.

Thinning it out like we do and using it around the home is a great way to keep the bamboo from taking over.

attosa
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October 13, 20190 found this helpful

beautiful!

poehere
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October 14, 20190 found this helpful

Thank you so much. I really hated the look of the gate because it was so old and getting a new one here is not that simple.

Sylvia H.

October 19, 20190 found this helpful

Due to the bamboo's natural shape of being thicker at its base... I would alternate the stalks so that it wouldn't look thinner at the top...

Doing that pattern helped to balance the top and bottom more evenly!!!

poehere
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November 13, 20190 found this helpful

You are right. I was using tie wraps to attach to the gate. I ran out of the larger tie wraps at the top and decided to bunch several of them together to save on the tie wraps and finish up the project. When I can find more large tie wraps here I will fix this one and make it look correct. But for now I love the look and the gate really adds to my yard.

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