How to Build a DIY Orchard Structure

If you’re looking for a DIY Orchard Structure kit, so that you can build one yourself, the EZBuild kits are perfect.

We’ve designed them to suit the needs of small farms, hobby farms and anyone who is wanting to grow their own fruit and vegetables and protect it from birds.

The kits come with –

Bird netting
All of the cabling & hardware
Layout Diagrams & Instructions

Before you start building your orchard structure, you’ll need to source the pine poles. We recommend pine poles that are 4.5m long for structures that are up to 3.5m high

Equipment for Building your Orchard Structure

We also recommend having the following equipment available to help your build go smoothly:

Post hole digger – needs to be able to dig a hole with a minimum depth of 1.4m
Angle Grinder for cutting stainless steel wires
Electric Drill
2 x Tech screws for securing each pole cap.
A wire tensioner

You might also like to see if you can access a trencher.

Steps to Build your Orchard Structure

Here’s a brief overview of how you can DIY an Orchard Structure on your property to protect your fruit and vegetable crops from birds.

Stage 1 – Preparing the Ground

Measure up
Dig the holes for the poles
Put your poles in the ground.
Stretch out & tension your cables.
Once poles are in the ground, use a trencher to dig a trench all the way around the perimeter.

Stage 2 – Adding the Netting

Start spreading the netting from the centre of your structure.
Spread the netting out across the structure & tension it.
When the net is evenly tensioned, bury the netting into the ground to secure it.
Secure your netting to the corner poles.
Finish by creating your gateway

And you’re done! Your fruit trees are now protected from the birds. EZBuild Kits are available to order in three off the shelf sizes, as well as custom kits.