The range of outdoor furniture available in teak is growing everyday. Typically, teak garden furniture include teak table and teak chairs, folding chairs and armchairs, teak stacking chairs, teak recliner chairs, sun-loungers, teak steamers, teak benches, garden hammocks, garden benches, memorial benches, and park benches. 

Teak outdoor furniture retains its attractiveness and beauty over the years although it requires maintenance and care if you want to preserve the original beauty and fine color. The natural color of outdoor teak furniture may fade if constantly exposed to sun and wind. Cleaning can be done with a proprietary teak oil and cleaner. This should normally only have to be applied once each year to protect its original look and color. If it is looked after properly teak outdoor furniture can sustain its strength and attractiveness for decades.

When buying outdoor furniture the main features to look for are the quality of the workmanship and the smoothness of the finish. In addition, style comfort and price will also be factors to bear in mind. There many extensive ranges of teak outdoor furniture available at reasonable prices and it is also possible to order custom designed outdoor furniture made from teak.

Grades of Teak
The best is Grade A teak, it comes from the outside layers of the teak tree where you will find very few knots, and the colour is superb. The reason why you can find extremely cheap teak garden furniture sets online is because the teak used will be grade B or even C, which means the garden furniture set will have more knots, differ in colour and be prone to splitting. Obviously this is not ideal for making garden furniture from.

Sustainable Teak Harvest
When buying teak garden furniture sets it is important to check on the source of the teak. Beware of the illegal cross border trading of freshly cut teak logs and the condition of the workers in the factories. If you care about the environment then you should make sure that the company that you buy your teak garden furniture sets from is an ethical one. Most of the good companies are only too proud to state the origin of their teak.