The Archway Garden

Making an Entrance

Before this installation, the client had been growing in a single 4' x 8' standing raised bed. This new design expanded that experience into a 160-square-foot kitchen garden created for the whole family to grow, harvest, and enjoy.

Two custom L-shaped Corten steel raised beds fit together within a rectangular footprint, creating an intimate pathway through the garden. The layout makes generous use of the available space while keeping every growing area within easy reach. Gray granite stone underfoot complements the Corten as it develops its natural patina and ties the garden back to the warm tones of the home.

At either end of the pathway, matching arch trellises create a distinct entrance and exit. Beyond adding valuable vertical growing space, the arches bring balance to the garden and turn the simple act of walking in to harvest into a moment of its own. You enter beneath one arch, move through a garden overflowing with food and flowers, and leave beneath the other.

Inside, there is room for a little bit of everything, with both warm- and cool-season crops making the most of the 160 square feet throughout the growing season. The garden has quickly become a family affair, including a section reserved for one client's mother and her favorite lettuce variety. For a client who now enjoys a fresh-picked salad for lunch every day, the garden is as useful as it is beautiful.

Details

  • 160 sq. ft. growing space

  • Two custom 12' × 12' L-shaped Corten steel raised beds

  • Two custom arch trellises

  • Dual garden entrances

  • Gray granite stone

Location: Fontana, WI

archway Garden design collage featuring corten steel raised beds, vegetables, trellises, and the surrounding Wisconsin home.
Double black arch trellises frame the pathway through the Archway Garden, surrounded by tomatoes, herbs, alliums, and corten steel raised beds.
Lush kitchen garden planting with tomatoes, beets, basil, peppers, and flowers growing in corten steel raised beds in Fontana, Wisconsin.
The Archway Garden featuring two corten steel raised beds, black arch trellises, and a lush kitchen garden in Fontana, Wisconsin.”
Archway Garden design details featuring corten steel raised beds, gray stone pathways, seasonal vegetables, and a natural color palette.
Corten steel kitchen garden with vegetables, flowers, black trellises, and gray stone pathways beside a cedar-sided home
Kitchen garden collage featuring vegetables, black metal trellises, corten steel raised beds, and an abundant summer harvest.
Corten steel kitchen garden with abundant vegetables, black arch trellises, and gray stone pathways in Fontana, Wisconsin.”
Black steel arch trellis covered in tomato vines creates an entrance into corten steel raised beds with orange nasturtiums and seasonal vegetables.
Gray granite pathway winding between densely planted corten steel raised beds filled with basil, beets, herbs, and vegetables.
The Archway Garden with corten steel raised beds and black arch trellises, designed as a welcoming entrance into the kitchen garden.
Close view of a black steel arch trellis over corten steel raised beds filled with tomatoes, herbs, and vegetables, with the brown home beyond.
View through a black arch trellis into the Archway Garden, showing the winding gray granite pathway between corten steel raised beds.

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