Gardeners should be behind bars

Of the many garden features, garden bars are not common. Every garden needs a gathering place, quite often it’s where the furniture is – a fire pit, patio, or deck. I was going through my collection of garden photos and found that I am drawn to bars.

Here’s some visual bar-hopping to inspire you to add a bar to your own garden.

Other collections I’ve done include:

• Have a Seat – Garden Benches
• Garden Curtain Calls
• Fabulous Fence Finds
• DIY Fountains
• Steps and Stairs in Gardens
• Backyard Pergola and Gazebo Ideas
• Little Garden Touches
• Heaven-sent Hellstrips
• Curio Walls in Gardens

Found in a garden on the Lockport, NY garden tour.

An Austin, TX, area bar.

A penny-topped bar in Cheektowaga, NY

Epoxy, lots of time, and even more patience makes for a bar that’s hard to leave.

Found on the KenTon garden tour.

This garden bar in Tonawanda is one of my favorites, this bar is built into the side of the garage. It has a TV for watching sports.!

The roof over the side of the garage allows for hanging out during less-than-perfect weather.

The bar is surrounded by family photos.

 

Another bar cut into a garage wall. This one in Williamsville, NY.

This is probably Buffalo’s most famous garden bar.

Takng up a corner of the properrty, it adds to teh tropical feel of the garden

Gordon (seen here at the bar) and Brian are great hosts!

A simple block bar in Lewiston, NY. You could get pretty stoned at this one.

My own – currently. It’s a concrete countertop that also surrounds my grill.

This was the top previous to the concrete counter. That inserted planter holds herbs that get used on the grill. For parties, it gets traded out with a planter used as a wine bucket.

There’s also a buffet built against the wall with a built in planter of vines that crawl up the grate on the wall.

This is a part-time bar, part-time garden alter. This is the Austin, Texas Garden of Lucinda Hutson. She’s a Mexican Day of the Dead “enthusiast” and author of many books, including  ¡Viva Tequila!: Cocktails, Cooking, and Other Agave Adventures. So I assume there’s been some tequila drinks served in, or around, this bar at times.

Another Austin, Texas area garden – this one includes a wood-fired grill.

This was the bar I grew up around – this (was) at my parents cottage outside Binghamton, NY, where I grew up. It had any iterations throughout the years my parents owned it. It was sold a few years back. We gathered around this bar with friends and family for nearly 40 years. You can see why I have affinity to garden bars – I grew up with one!