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Garden Structures & Willow Green Screens

Bring the rustic elegance of willow into your garden. There are many exciting possibilities for introducing willow into your garden. Create living or non-living sculptures - climbers, domes, tunnels, borders, arbours, bowers and fences are just some of our stylish ideas available.

Making things easy...

We have produced two kits using green (non-living) willow, providing all the materials and instructions you'll need to make your climber or garden border.


Willow Hurdles

We also offer high quality willow hurdles in standard sizes of 6' x 6', 5' x 6', 4' x 6', or 3' x 6'. We can also produce hurdles, custom made to your requirements.

Erect your hurdles as soon as possible after purchase while they are still supple. If storing for longer than 2 weeks, stand upright and allow air to circulate between each panel.

6'h x 6' w
5' h x 6'w
4'h x 6'w

3'h x 6'w

£44.80
£37.45
£30.20
£23.00


Custom made hurdles are available at a charge of £1.45 per square foot (minimum charge may apply).

Supporting your willow hurdle

We recommend using 4" half round fencing posts, sunk well into the ground. Secure hurdles well. They may be nailed onto the posts, as willow does not split. Alternatively metal ties can be used. Use galvanised nails. The earlier and more securely the hurdles are fixed the longer they will last.

Preserving your willow hurdle

Use an outdoor wood preservative to prolong the life of your hurdles. This cannot be applied until the willow has dried out (anything from 4-12 weeks or more, depending on the time of year and the weather).

Alternative Preservatives

1) Creosote - very effective, but can be harmful to plants
2) Water based preservative, less effective than creosote but not harmful to plants.
3) A 50/50 mixture of boiled linseed oil and turpentine, the traditional method of preserving willow.

Delivery

It may be possible to arrange local delivery at an additional charge. Please contact us for details.


The Green Screen Willow Kit



Natural answer to the big coverup - The Green Screen in sustainable willow

Want to hide that unattractive sight right outside the door? Fed up with the dustbins, food bins, recycling bins, the oil tank or compost bin staring you in the face? Traditional family run business PH Coate & Son have come up with an attractive, natural solution that will hide these unsightly objects from view, and enable you to have some fun by ‘doing it yourself’.

The Green Screen – in sustainable willow, comes as a comprehensive kit. Made of willow grown in the Somerset Levels, the screen can be made into any contour, and uniquely can be attached to any surface, from tarmac to gravel or even grass. Click here to buy now.