Tin Man Vs. Scarecrow: Why a Metal Garden Bench beats Wood to a Pulp

Gardeners are a funny lot. Anybody who has cultivated even the dimmest hue of a green thumb can attest to the fact that a person's garden is their home away from home, or at the very least a home directly behind or in front of the home. At any rate, most purists would scoff at the idea of housing a metal garden bench in their garden unless they are trying to go for a specific theme. Some say metal is an abomination and thus belongs far away from the cradle of life that a garden is supposed to emulate. There are others, still, who like metal benches over wood because they supposedly emulate the gardens that permeated Greece and Rome in their glory days. Naturally, the benches that may have graced the hanging gardens of Babylon were more than likely done with a bit more artistic flair than what you are likely to find in the garden center of Target.

No matter what side of the fence you sit on, one thing is certain: A metal garden bench has several advantages over its wooden counterpart. For one, the purists who say that a wood bench is superior over a metal garden bench has a fundamental crutch in his or her argument. For one, a wooden bench has metal parts in it anyways! Many wooden benches have metal legs and even the most wooden of benches still must have a metal screw or bolt somewhere within. For another matter, wouldn't somebody who dedicates their life and passion to nature be the first to shy away from destroying trees in order to create something to sit and rest on?

If there is one distinct advantage of a metal garden bench over wood, it would certainly have to be the longer lifespan that metal claims. A wooden bench will inevitably rot and succumb to the forces of nature. It is simply the cycle that, as a gardener, you are all too familiar with. Why spend the money on something that will ultimately return to the Earth when you could have something that stands the test of time. In addition, a ten year old wooden garden bench just might still be standing but who would want to sit on it? If it doesn't break immediately upon sitting, the termites or similar insects will certainly take offense to your invasion of their personal space. No such problem is present in metal benches. Of course, all this talk may fall on deaf ears. As mentioned in the first paragraph, gardeners are nothing if not particular. If you are a newbie at the craft, however, you may benefit from some objective advice. If your general theme or motif evident in your garden is not one that is particularly "anti-modern", you should seriously consider having your garden furniture be of the metal variety.