Weld a Garden Trellis

Eden Attar is a professional artist and the Artisans Asylum Metal Shop Lead. She has trained with certified welders. Eden wrote her master's thesis on critical pedagogy and classical music on the television program Sesame Street and is interested in anti-colonial, de-schooled, and non-hierarchical forms of teaching and learning.

Ready to get a head start on gardening this spring? Looking to make your garden more unique?

In this class, you'll learn how to cut, bend, and weld metal rods to make your own custom garden trellis!

We'll walk you through making the outer trellis frame, then it'll be up to you to add infill, however you'd like.

This class is great for expressing both your artistic metalworking talents and your green thumb!

If you have some MIG or TIG welding experience, that's helpful, but this class is also great for beginners. Makes a great first OR second welding class.

Trellises will be roughly 30" wide x 52" tall. There's room for customization, but that's roughly the biggest size we can make in class.

Trellises will eventually rust, unless you paint them. Rust isn’t necessarily a problem–rusty metal doesn’t necessarily look out of place in a garden, and while rust will eventually erode the trellis completely, this process can take many years (and adds iron to your soil!). If you want to paint yours to delay rust, we recommend doing it soon after class, and using a spray paint or brush-on paint designed for metal. Painting won’t be covered in class.

If you're ready to have your garden looking unique and awesome this season, sign up to weld a trellis!

*Class environment: All people are welcome in this class and an active effort will be made to be inclusive to all people. This class will not tolerate sexism, ableism, racism, homophobia, or transphobia. Welding is for everyone

The materials fee for this class is $30. This is separate from the ticket price and is to reimburse the instructor for any tools or materials used in this class. This will be paid once, directly to the instructor at the start of the first class meeting. This instructor accepts payments in cash or through Venmo.

Students will learn to bend and weld steel round bar into a trellis.

Students will gain exposure to the fundamentals of MIG welding.

Round bar for the trellises, Personal Protective Equipment

If you use glasses for reading or other close-up work, please bring them. We have welding jackets for your upper body, but please cover all the skin on your lower body with clothing made of natural fibers (cotton, linen, wool, denim, etc.) and wear closed-toe shoes.

Please do not wear loose-fitting clothes. Please tie back long hair, and expect to remove any rings or dangling jewelry.

Students must be 16 years old or older. All students under 18 must be accompanied by and under the direct supervision of a responsible adult.

Learn more about our class and ticket cancelation policies here.

Please email [email protected] with any questions.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Artisan's Asylum, 96 Holton Street, Boston, United States