Teak Garden Benches

Teak Garden Benches

Whether it’s in a public park or a private garden, teak garden benches frame the view. Sometimes it’s a lake or water feature, a flower bed, or the facade of your home. The job of a garden bench is to receive you as a guest and let you admire the beauty of your surroundings.

Why Teak?

Teak is the ideal building material for a garden bench owing to a few of its unparalleled properties. Teak is naturally very oil-dense so it repels insects and resists moisture rot. Once shaped and kiln-fired it very resiliently retains its form as well. Lastly it is very easy to maintain relative to other organic materials: simply scrub with soapy water and rinse a couple times a year to restore the wood to its original luster.

Teak garden benches are so popular in public parks because of their longevity and noble character. If untreated, teak wood develops a silvery patina over time that looks distinguished in any weather.

Styles of Teak Garden Bench

Teak garden benches are often as decorative as they are functional. The Barlow Tyrie Sissinghurst Bench has an elaborate seat-back reminiscent of the carved grooves of a stringed instrument. Many garden benches have simple rustic all-teak frames but not all. The Garpa Bolero teak bench has bent-steel tube frames for a quintessentially Mid Century Modern cantilevered style. If you’re looking for a circular bench to back up against a shade tree or install around a fire circle, there is the Barlow Tyrie Glenham bench.

For information and products on how to preserve your teak heirloom investment, consult our teak care & maintenance guide.