Design Sleuth: Neisha Crosland's Espaliered Vines - Gardenista
The secret to getting vines to grow against a wall—and to taming them to grow in the right direction—is to build them scaffolding. Photographs by Christine Hanway for Gardenista. Crosland created a grid system of support on the walls of her house like a large-scale vertical garden kit, giving the vines a clear idea of what was expected of them. The three major components of the system are lag eye bolts, a turnbuckles, and steel cable. To build a similar grid use inexpensive components that are widely available at hardware stores or online from Sears such as 3 75 inch long stainless steel Lag... ...Eye Bolts Top for 1 99 apiece Stainless Steel Cable for 62 for a 125 foot roll and Stainless Steel Turnbuckles for 24 05 for a package of ten After measuring and marking the shape of the grid on the wall, drill holes, using a drill bit the same diameter as the solid body of the lag eye bolts Screw in the lag eye bolts. Hook one end of a turnbuckle to a bolt and thread the cable through the other end, twisting cable to fasten it securely. For more, see Paris in London: Neisha Crosland’s Garden Oasis.