The wrought iron garden gate is iconic in the human imagination. It is the stuff of fairy tales. It calls forth kings and queens and castles. It evokes secret places, maybe even magical ones. It can convey simplicity and warmth and hospitality. We have made the wrought iron garden gate into many things and, frankly, all of them are pretty wonderful. The history of humans and wrought iron began sometime in The Middle Ages (which explains the association with tales of knights and damsels and derring-do). Blacksmiths, artisans and craftsmen have, ever since, been devising inventive ways to twist and twirl wrought iron.
Technically speaking, wrought iron is rarely produced today. Due to the expense of production, true wrought iron has been consigned to historic preservation projects. Most of the landscape products of today called wrought iron, including wrought iron garden gates, are made from a material known as mild steel.
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