About
A gardener built the trellis he could not buy.
Trellis King was not designed in a product meeting. It was built in a garden by the man who needed it, because nothing on the shelf held a full crop through a season. He kept refining it until it was worth putting his name on, and the design is patent pending.
Why he built it
Easier, more productive, more functional, more enjoyable.
Jim Nicholas, the creator, is an avid gardener and inventor, who says the two hobbies go hand in hand because "necessity is the mother of invention!"
Our trellis fence frames are made of solid steel and are hot-dipped galvanized to prevent rusting, giving you many years of dependable service.
From tomatoes, peppers, and pole beans, to cold frames, raised beds, and straw-bale gardening, Garden Trellis and Fence Company combines all of your gardening needs into ONE!
Jim created the system to make gardening appeal to more people, by making it easier, more productive, functional and enjoyable for everyone. That meant one connection standard instead of a shelf of mismatched cages and stakes, and pieces built to be taken apart at the end of a season rather than thrown away.
Every piece in the line is solid steel, hot dipped galvanized so it does not rust, which is what lets one frame give many years of dependable service instead of one summer. The same standard connection is what makes the system:
- Modular
- Built from separable pieces, not one fixed shape.
- Interchangeable
- Any frame, panel or hoop connects to any other.
- Universal
- The same connection works as trellis, fence, cold frame or bed.
- Uniform
- One standard, so a piece bought years apart still fits.
- Multifunctional
- One system stands in for a shed full of single-purpose tools.


A customer, after a Home Garden show
“The Trellis system of various pieces is the best thing I have ever used! The owner delivered my trellis pieces and checked out my raised garden bed and gave me some recommendations.”
Kevin P first saw the system at Jim's stand at a Home Garden show, then bought about a dozen pieces of his own. Read his full review.
What it is for
One garden trellis and fence system, for the whole garden.
From tomatoes, peppers and pole beans to cold frames, raised beds and straw bale gardening, Jim built the system to combine all of a garden's needs into one line of parts rather than a different product for each job.
- Tomatoes
- Peppers
- Pole beans
- Cold frames
- Raised beds
- Straw bale gardening
One gardener's answer to trellises that never worked.
See the full catalog Jim built, or find the store nearest you that already stocks it.