Trellis is a structure of latticework, usually built from wood. The individual strips that make up the trellis are typically crossed to form a square, diamond-shaped or slatted pattern.
Garden trellis usually takes the form of an individual panel, but it can also be found incorporated into other outdoor features.
Here, we take a look at the benefits of trellis, as well as the best places to use it.
Trellis Trains and Supports Climbing Plants
Although wooden trellis is an extremely attractive garden feature in its own right, its primary purpose is to help gardeners train and support their climbing plants. And, when used to do this, trellis helps create something that is completely unique.
However, to properly appreciate lattice trellis, let’s examine its other practical benefits in different areas of the garden.
Trellis as a Fence Run
Trellis fence panels clearly and attractively mark out a garden boundary. Not only do they make an eye-catching form of decorative fencing, they provide excellent wind resistance too, as the wind passes through, rather than completely pressing against, the wood.
Trellis fencing’s only drawback is that it doesn’t offer a great deal of privacy or security. However, to some extent this can be remedied by combining the lattice framework with climbing plants. With regards to security, due to its prickly nature, climbing rose trellis does this job particularly well.
Forest 6' x 6' Heavy Duty Square Garden Trellis Fence Panel (1.83m x 1.83m)
Strong, durable, and oh-so stylish, this heavy-duty trellis makes a wonderful fence run.
Why not match it with your favourite climbing plant to create a garden boundary that’s the envy of the neighbourhood?
Trellis Brightens up Brick Walls
Wall trellis is an excellent way to add some interest to what can otherwise be a plain, boring garden feature.
There aren’t any specific rules about the type of lattice to use in these circumstances. You could choose to attach a standard 6x6 trellis panel or customised piece of fan trellis, depending on how the mood takes you.
Ultimately, your decision will be influenced by the size of the wall, the plant you’re training, and the impression you wish to create.
6' x 2' Forest Hidcote Decorative Diamond Lattice Fan Trellis (1.8m x 0.61m)
Beautifully handcrafted from ethically-sourced wood, this fan trellis is an eye-catching way to add interest to a wall or fence.
Pressure treated to prevent rot, given a smooth-planed finish and supplied with a 15-year guarantee, it boasts beauty and brawn in equal measure.
Trellis Disguises Unsightly Areas
Partially effective when used on its own, and fully effective when used with climbing plants, trellis is a popular method of disguising unsightly areas of a garden, be they uncultivated patches of soil, storage areas or wheelie bins.
The most common way to create this type of garden screen is by using either obelisk trellis or large trellis panels. In terms of the latter, slatted trellis is now particularly in vogue.
Forest 6' x 6' Pressure Treated Vertical Slatted Garden Screen Panel (1.8m x 1.8m)
With its exciting avant-garde style and premium build, this slatted trellis screen turns any garden eyesore into a feast for the eyes.
Pressure treated and backed by a 15-year anti-rot guarantee, it’s a versatile piece of trellis, also suitable for use in a fence run or attached to a wall.
Privacy Trellis
Do you have a special area of the garden in which you like to relax and unwind? If the answer is ‘yes’, privacy trellis can make it an extra-special haven of peace and tranquillity.
In these circumstances, once again, outdoor trellis paired with climbers makes the best type of screening.
Forest 6' x 4' Rosemore Pressure Treated Diamond Lattice (1.8m x 1.2m)
Showcasing a tightly-knit diamond-trellis design, this lattice panel is supremely versatile.
Use it as privacy trellis, wall trellis or within a fence run – the choice is yours.
Trellis to Enhance Garden Arbours
An arbour seat provides an idyllic place in which to relax in the garden, particularly when it is designed with trellis panels.
The lattice framework, of course, instantly gives the arbour an extra touch of flair, but when it’s used to train scented climbing plants, like clematis or jasmine, the garden arbour ‘experience’ moves to an almost heavenly level.
Forest Parisienne Garden Arbour Seat 5' x 2'
A sophisticated French design and robust British build are used to create this stunning arbour seat.
Position it next to your favourite climbing plants, watch them grow up the arbour’s 3 lattice sides, then sit back and soak up the fine floral scents of your garden.
Arch Trellis
Just like garden arbours, arches and pergolas sometimes feature a trellis design. This might consist of a traditional lattice framework or contemporary slatted trellis, both of which are effective at training climbing plants.
Arch trellis is a stunning way to mark a pathway or an entrance to a special part of the garden. And when accompanied by scented climbing plants, it once again becomes divine.
Forest Large Ultima Wooden Garden Pergola Arch 8' x 4'
Expertly built from PEFC-certified, pressure-treated, smooth-planed wood and supplied with a fabulous 15-year guarantee, this trellis arch is ethically sourced, built to last and completely maintenance free.
Boasting clean, modern lines; two trellis panels; and a pergola-style top, it’s a match made in Heaven for your favourite climbing plants.
Increasing a Fence’s Height with Trellis Toppers
Some decorative fencing, like the Forest 6' x 6' Europa Prague Pressure Treated Decorative Fence Panel (pictured here), incorporates a trellis top section into its design, but if you don’t need a new fence run, purchasing trellis fence toppers can give your garden boundary an attractive makeover.
Cheap to buy, simple to fit and guaranteed to increase the height of a fence, trellis toppers can make even the plainest fence run look sublime.
Forest 6' x 1' Diamond Lattice Trellis Fence Topper (1.83m x 0.3m)
There’s no need to incur unnecessary expense if you want to give your fencing a facelift. No, not when you can supplement it with these diamond-lattice fence toppers!
Perfectly designed for any 6-foot-wide fence panel, these trellis toppers are supplied with an excellent 10-year guarantee and built to the same rigorous standards as our dip-treated fence panels.
Our Great Range of Garden Trellis
Here, at Shedstore, we appreciate the time and effort required to make a garden beautiful. Therefore, we know that when you purchase a garden product, you expect it to not only look great, but to stand the test of time too.
That is why all of our wooden trellis is expertly built from premium timber, treated against rot, and backed by long guarantees.
So, if you want to add an enduring ‘wow’ factor to your garden, why not take a look at our fantastic range of trellis now?
And if you’re thinking of creating a trellis fence run or using trellis screening, don’t forget that we’re currently offering savings of up to 35% right across our collection of decorative fence panels.