How Do You Make A Gazebo From Trees?
A gazebo is, by definition, an outdoor structure with open sides and a closed ceiling and floor. You can make a gazebo from almost any materials. If you choose to grow your own gazebo out of trees, you’ll be sure to have a long-lasting, living conversation piece in your garden for years to come. Make sure you choose tree varieties that can survive both winter and summer climates in your location. Step 1 Select slender trees, such as hawthorn, mountain ash and most crabapple varieties, to form the open walls or posts of your gazebo. If you use bushier trees, you’ll have to constantly prune them back to leave space between the posts of your gazebo. Step 2 Pace out and mark, with stakes, where you’d like the trees to be for the walls of your gazebo. You can make it as large or small as you like, but the trees must be at least five feet or more apart from each other. Step 3 Dig a hole at each location you marked, at least twice as big as the root ball of the tree you’re going to plant ther