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Building a garden arbour, how to go about it?

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starlightstarbright6 · 09/03/2026 17:11

Hi all. We are looking at building a corner garden arbour, like the one attached in the photo. But it’s currently just a bare dirt corner so I think we’d want one that comes with a wooden floor.

The corner of our garden we’re planning it for, we had a massive Leylandii removed last year and the huge stump is still there.
I don’t know whether it’s an option to somehow just build over the top of the stump, but then that would mean the arbour somehow being raised.

I also don’t know whether to just buy it from B&Q and build ourselves or best to get some kind of company to build it? I don’t even know what to Google to find who could build it!

Sorry for the long post, just not sure how to go about this

Building a garden arbour, how to go about it?
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Plot30B · 09/03/2026 18:17

We removed our leylandi stumps (15 of them) with a 6 foot straight crow bar, a hand saw and a mattock. The roots are shallow and they're softwood, so it was slow, hard work but not particularly difficult if you take your time. Our biggest stump was about 18"/45cm across though, so depending on the size of your stump, you might need to drill/saw it more to break it up a bit whilst removing it.

You can also get them ground down to ground level by machine, but that comes at a cost.

senua · 09/03/2026 21:51

I also don’t know whether to just buy it from B&Q and build ourselves or best to get some kind of company to build it? I don’t even know what to Google to find who could build it!
Have a search on the internet. There are lots of companies who offer a range of services such as 'sell only' or 'sell and erect' or 'sell, lay base and erect'.

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