Why I Love the Freyr Trellis
This spring I was delighted to receive a Freyr trellis from Seattle Urban Farm Co.
First of all, if you don’t know who they are, they are, as their name suggests, urban gardeners in Seattle. Both home gardeners and running projects like rooftop restaurant gardens, they are innovative folks who are making the most of their growing season and climate. Like me, they excel and delight at succession planting and do so in small spaces. We have a lot in common, except our winter lows.
When Hilary offered to send me a trellis to try out and provide feedback, I jumped at the opportunity. I’d been ogling this design since they first started sharing it on their feed last summer.
You set it up once and leave it in place, kind of like our DIY Arbor, the only other permanent vertical trellising in our garden. The rest of the vertical elements in our raised beds are installed annually in spring as we crop rotate and mix things up.
The base of this kit are really sturdy anchors that go about 16” into the ground/raised bed. It’s definitely an install it once kind of project. I stalled it about 2/3 back on the north side of this bed which allows me to interplant in front of the trellis.
The thing I love about this is how easy it was to install, how customizable it is, and of course the sleek and modern design. I selected a slate gray to compliment our main garden pergola color and I couldn’t be happier.
I installed it by myself one Sunday in May (when it was still unseasonably cool) while my husband was cooking Sunday supper for the family.
After the bases are installed at a distance to your liking (I did 7’ so the cross brace on top had some overhang on either side), you start screwing together the posts. Each segment comes in 2’ lengths and it can be installed as large as an 8’ x 7’ trellis.
There was zero pressure to share this or to become an affiliate, but after watching my beans flourish and just being so happy every time I got a shared view with this trellis and our main pergola, I decided to become an affiliate and join their program.
So this means if you follow this link and purchase something from their storefront, I receive a small kickback as a thank you for the organic marketing (sending new customers their way).
I installed this about 2’ shorter than possible because I am growing a half runner dry bean on them that top out around 5’. Instead of having a partly covered trellis, I am going for lush so kept it shorter for that fuller look. Next year I’ll go taller for winter squash.
If you’ve ever jumped on my Amazon storefront, this is basically the same thing. You order what you want, and a small percentage is paid to me for introducing you to this product — at no additional cost to you. It’s a really nice way to support small businesses, especially this trellis as you’re supporting two small businesses with one purchase. That’s pretty awesome, I’d say, and your garden will be beautified and you’ll get to explore growing all kinds of things vertically (I will use this for melons or winter squash next year).
