There is little more welcoming in your garden than some sort of seating that invites your guest to sit down, relax and just enjoy. A simple garden bench or two does exactly that.
You can find garden benches just about anywhere in the spring and summer. Your more expensive benches are usually found in garden specialty shops. If your pocketbook can only afford a less expensive garden bench, check out the discount stores such as Wal-Mart, Kmart or Bimart. No doubt you can find a bench you like for less than $30.
Garden benches are available in all sorts of sizes and materials. Wood, metal, vinyl, and concrete are the most popular materials used. If you decide upon a bench made of wood or metal, be aware of the future maintenance involved. Primarily, scraping and painting every year or so. White vinyl benches are a good choice providing you store them out of the weather during the wintertime. While colored vinyl benches tend to fade when placed in a sunny spot of your garden.
The most carefree garden bench is made of unpainted concrete. Yet, as with everything else that spends the majority of it’s life in the out of doors, even concrete requires some...