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Garden Design Update: Garden Gate

I've always liked the idea of entering the vegetable garden via a gate.

With a gate, the garden feels more like an enclosure, a sanctuary, a quiet retreat separate from the rest of the yard.  I imagined opening the gate, going into the garden, and having the gate close behind me, as though I'd entered a room. 

With my vegetable garden already surrounded on three sides by a privacy fence, and