Protect your homegrown produce and learn how to make an arbor made with PVC pipes.

This easy project is much less expensive than store-bought options!

you could easily disassemble this DIY trellis and store it for later use.

orderly garden with pvc arbor

Credit: Raised beds planted with tomatoes, okra, peppers and various herbs. Also compost beds

you might add more or fewer pairs of anchoring pipes based on the size of your raised bed.

If you add more, you will need more PVC pipes, cross connectors, and T connectors.

Push them in as far as possible to ensure the structure will be stable.

driving in pvc stake in wooden garden box

Add Connector Joints

At the top of each corner PVC pipe, secure a T connector.

Add a joint connector piece, then add another T connector on top.

Have the open joints face opposite corners.

adding pvc stake to corner of wood frame

On the middle anchor PVC pipes, add a cross connector.

Arch it over the narrow length of the structure and insert it into the opposite T connector.

Continue until you have three arches in a row.

adding joint to pvc arbor

Secure Netting

Drape the netting over the arch, making sure the mesh reaches the ground.

Secure with zip ties along the arch and just below the connectors, pulling taught before securing.

building out an arbor with pvc pipe

adding arches to pvc arbor

attaching mesh to pvc arbor