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Garden Obelisk kits

Adding a beautiful wood and copper garden obelisk or plant stand to your garden is easy as 1,2,3!
Ready to assemble, fully prepared garden obelisk and plant stand kits from www.backyardcreationsforyou.com are now available for shipment. Every obelisk kit comes completely pre-cut, pre-drilled and with all hardware and instructions for easy assembly.
Post caps come in a wide variety of styles and can be purchased separately at any Lowes or Home Depot store in the fence supplies isle.
Whether you prefer the traditional Pyramid style, the elegant Pagoda style or the plant stands. Make sure to check out www.backyardcreationsforyou.com while shopping for this new addition to your garden sanctuary.

Build a Garden Obelisk yourself?

Why not?
The garden obelisk is a relatively easy build if you have the right plan.
The benefits of doing it yourself include:

1. Savings of up to 80% off of retail pricing
2. No oversize shipping expenses
3. Ability to personalize your garden obelisk with color or look
4. Flexibility of size, shape and design of your garden obelisk

Do your homework on build plans! investigate price, options, looks, and don't forget to look into the complexity of the build plans. Some plans may cost little to nothing, however you may need to call Norm from "This Old House" to help you build it with his tools.

Plans at www.backyardcreationsforyou.com use very simple 1,2,3 steps with colored photo's and 3 dimensional drawings to guide you through to completion.

Which ever way you go the Garden Obelisk is a beautiful addition to your garden sanctuary, and a well built obelisks will last for many, many years of enjoyment.

The Garden Obelisk

The sun, power, strength and time are core elements of nature as it relates to life, health and growth. Garden Obelisks are unique structures utilized within the garden sanctuary as architectural climbing pieces for such garden plants as Clematis, Trumpet Vine, Climbing Rose, Honeysuckle and many more climbers.

Garden Obelisks are four sided structures made from wood, metal, plastic or all, that rise from the earth upward toward the sun. Sizing is an important factor to consider when installing an obelisk into your garden. Garden Obelisks also come in a variety of styles and looks for your garden. The standard Pyramid and the Pagoda style work well with most gardens settings

Obelisks

From the beginning obelisks have been associated with the sun, power, strength and time.

Early Egyptian obelisks were usually built as a single stone or rock monolith structure.

Modern day obelisks were built for different reasons and uses requiring adaptation to today's building practices of individual stone or block type structures.

The obelisk was first named by the Greeks, and were always found to be similar in shape. A usually tall four sided monument. The architectural obelisks were often built in pairs.These structures were tapering or pyramidal in shape protruding from the earth upward toward the heavens.