Top 5 Ideas to Upgrade Your Landscaping With Metal

Incorporating metal designs into your landscaping can add a modern, artistic, and durable touch to your outdoor space. Metal landscaping designs will allow many years of enjoyment without replacement or with very little repair, making it more economical. Whether you are looking for a more rustic approach or with a primed and painted application, the outcome is sure to please! Here are 5 Ideas to upgrade your landscaping with metal.:

Durable Metal Designs For The Contemporary Garden

1. Metal Garden Edging

• Why it works: Metal garden edging provides a clean line and strong barrier between your lawn, garden beds, or pathways. It’s a sleek alternative to stone or wood and adds a modern look to any yard.
• Design ideas: Flat Bar is ideal for metal edging under 12″ in height in our recommended 3/16″- 1/4″ thickness. Flat Bar comes in lengths up to 20′ long providing the right lengths to get the job down with less of a price tag. For larger heights, retaining walls using steel plate provide maximum strength and durability for elevated areas with different elevations. These can

2. Metal Planters and Bowl Planters

• Why it works: Metal Planter Boxes and Metal Bowl Planters are versatile and durable, and they bring a clean, modern look to your landscape.
• Design ideas: Metal Planter Boxes can hold various types of plants to add to an existing wall or structure or just as stand-alone. These boxes are great for pathways, entry ways, privacy barriers, and more. Bowl planters are a trending new way to incorporate in the modern garden. With custom bowl sizing and different stand heights, these provide different levels of plant display. These planters look great and do best with rocky soil and succulent plants.

3. Metal Pergolas

• Why it works: Metal pergolas provide structure and shade while making a bold design statement. Unlike wood, metal options can be minimalist, modern, and low maintenance.
• Design ideas: Opt for steel frameworks with open, geometric designs for a contemporary look, or combine with climbing plants to soften the structure naturally.

4. Metal Privacy Panels

• Why it works: Metal Privacy Panels are a solid steel barrier providing division in open spaces and for privacy in outdoor living spaces.
• Design Ideas: For an artistic approach, panels can be CNC Plasma cut into a number of different designs including geometric patterns, tree patterns and more. This also allows air flow through the solid structure while still providing privacy. Panels can be welding between metal posts for stand alone structures, great for private enclosures or to hide unsightly AC units or electrical boxes. They can also be attached to existing rock, brick, or wood structures to serve as a divider.

5. Metal Art

• Why it works: Metal provides the perfect medium to express your artistic side and incorporate it into your modern landscaping.
• Design Ideas: The designing ideas are endless with metal! Metal sculptures, metal art pieces, custom signs, and more provide an interesting and unique approach to modern landscaping. Not too mention, great conversation pieces for years to come!

Manchaca Metals and Supply will source all your metal needs for your new metal garden upgrade! Call or contact us today for guidance and a quick quote on metal supplies needed to make your project come to life! 512-456-3825 or send over your metal list to sales@manchacametals.com