Garden Ideas
Corten steel is the quiet backbone of a good-looking garden: it edges, retains, holds a bed, and settles into a rust that makes everything around it look considered. Here are the garden ideas we build most, and the pages that take you straight to each one.
Front yard ideas
First impressions are made at the letterbox. A crisp corten edge along a path, a low wall under a hedge, or a pair of planters framing the entry gives a front yard structure without a hard concrete look. See corten garden edging and corten planters.
Backyard ideas
Out the back, the job is usually level change and a place to sit. Terraced corten walls turn a slope into usable garden, and a fire pit ring becomes the corner everyone drifts to. Start with retaining walls and fire pit rings.
Sloped gardens
A fall in the ground is where corten earns its keep. Stepped, thin walls hold the soil without eating the garden, and a run of corten steps makes the slope walkable. See retaining wall ideas.
Low-maintenance gardens
If you would rather garden than maintain, corten does not need paint, stain or repair. Edging that never rots, beds that hold their line, and a patina that only improves with the weather. See how long corten lasts.
Small spaces
On a tight block, a thin steel edge returns the width that block or sleeper walls take. A round ring or a low border defines a bed in a courtyard, and a vertical planter earns height where you have no floor. See small retaining wall ideas and round planters.
Fences and privacy
Corten fence panels and palings screen, define and warm a boundary, and weather in without the upkeep of timber. See corten fences.
Not sure where to start?
Send us a photo or a sketch of the space and what you want to do with it. We will suggest the parts, the heights and a price, usually within the week.