You can have a garden shelter delivered to your house in the morning and assembled and ready for use the same evening!
Prefabricated rustic shelters have been popular for many years, and now there is a trend toward screened aluminum shelters, such as the one pictured here and manufactured by the Grand Sheet Metal Products Co.
These shelters are simple to set up, extremely durable, and relatively inexpensive.
Just as with a custom-made shelter, your prefabricated shelter must look as if it belonged to the garden and should be oriented to take advantage of cooling breezes and shade.
Ideas For Creating Garden Shelters
Here are a few ideas to help:
1. Set it up near an existing planting, possibly along the boundary of your property, where it will have a background when viewed from your house.
2. The shelter’s floor covering can repeat the use of structural materials already used in your garden, such as brick, stone, or gravel. The floor may be extended in front of the shelter a few feet- to suggest a small terrace and to make the shelter look larger.
3. Potted flowers may be lined along the front and sides of the shelter or grouped at the corners. Or you may want a flower bed to sweep from the background planting along one side of the shelter and ending in a graceful curve at one side of the front opening. A geometric flower bed may be used similarly, depending upon the general character of the landscaping in the area.
4. An annual vine trained on wires could be used at one corner of the shelter to help tie the shelter to the ground and still not obstruct any breeze.
5. A stepping stone path from your house to the shelter will link the shelter to the house and give unity to the entire backyard planting scheme.
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