Review on Copper Versaille Arch For Stunning Garden Décor: Gardman 8241 by Dan Germain

I bought two arbors to tame my grape vines and to make a cottage garden orchard on my property. I really like the color, it is a true verdigris dark spruce green with streaks of oxidized copper color running thru it. Another review said they were REALLY GREEN, but I did not find this to be the case. Mine matched the Revain picture exactly. The color blends in nicely with the landscape and doesn't stand out like a sore thumb. I couldn't decide if I wanted a natural wood arbor or a white one, I happy with this choice as it looks perfect in our landscape. It appears to be sturdy enough, I will amend this review if I find otherwise.I could not give the arbor arch a full five stars because of the following reasons: The packages arrived by FEDX and one of the boxes was completely opened on one end with the contents unsecured to any of the interior packaging, I was sure that all the pieces were not in the box because of the way it arrived, I mean all it needed was some secure tape on that open end! However, I was pleasantly surprised to realize all pieces were intact, I attribute this to a diligent delivery man who must of found loose pieces all over his truck and stuck them back in the box, I cannot for the life of me come to any other conclusion, honestly the packaging was a mess.The directions are very good, I do wish the measurements weren't in metric tho, I am not good at converting millimeters into inches. But it wasn't too hard to figure out, just annoying. Next, it took me about 1/2 an hour to put the arbor together. I needed help with the actual in ground set up. This takes two people to set the arbor into the ground because four rods are going into four ground stakes and it isn't easily done by one person alone. The rods themselves posed another challenge as they did not fit into the ground spikes. The rods were slightly off size and we had to 'stretch them' in order to make them fit. My suggestion is before you do anything, check the ground spikes to see if they fit into the trellis rods before you set the whole thing up. If they need adjusting you will need to use a hammer and force them a bit to make sure they glide into place. DO NOT leave them on, take them off once you get the correct fit and proceed according to directions. It is impossible to put arbor into ground with the spike feet attached because there is nothing to pound into the ground.All in all, I am very pleased with the look, I love the color and they seem to suit my purpose very nicely. The product does need a bit of adjusting, but for the price and the free shipping I would say it is a good bargain. Also good to note, that I went to several area garden centers and Home Depot and they do not carry this product, so my only option was to order these on line. Good Luck!