Garden Swing Seats

How Do I Choose the Right Seat?

Navigating our site is perfect if you know exactly what you're after - if it's a 3 seater wooden swinging bench, for example, use the 'Ranges' above to select your wood type, then select the back style you like and any additional personalisation from carvings to alternative arms (view this options in accessories). 

If you just want a seat with no frame to hang from an overhanging balcony, for example, select Swing Seats Only and then you can select the wood type and back style when you click 'buy online'. If you'd just like to browse some beautiful images for inspiration then visit our Gallery.

Why Choose a Wooden Swinging Bench?

Forget a standard garden bench and sun loungers, swing with the breeze on a one of a kind, handmade and beautifully finished garden or patio swing seat.

The perfect place to sit and swing can make all the difference when it comes to making the most of your outdoor living space. Wooden garden furniture is the natural choice for any garden and our personal service ensures that your swinging bench will be the perfect match for your garden space. 

If you've got a suitable pergola, tree, or patio then we sell swing chairs without a frame (trying to find a well-made wooden garden swing seat in the UK is the very reason that Martin Young founded Sitting Spiritually). Our most popular range of garden swing chairs are those that come with their own frame - a garden swing seat in a frame means your new outdoor seat can find a home absolutely anywhere in your garden.

Frequently Asked Questions

What makes Sitting Spiritually swing seats the best?

14 years of research into making our swings beautiful,  not just to look at, but with such detailed ergonomics that once you sit on them – you won’t want to get off.

We honed in on the finest details over the years, concise changes in angles and shapes that will refine and improve our products. The seats we manufacture now are undoubtedly better than the ones we first made when we started out, in another 10 years time we expect to be able to say the exact same thing.

The quality of the material we use is incredibly important to us. We regularly seek to find new suppliers or timbers that are an improvement on what we have been using.

Can I hang a swing seat from a tree?

Yes. They’re great fun! The first thing we need to know is how high the bough is, and what the girth of the bough is.

One thing we can never guarantee is that the tree will be strong enough. If you’re in any doubt, contact your local tree surgeon and ask them to verify it.

What are my options for the back of my swing seat?

At the moment, we offer 5 different shaped backs that are all the same price.

We have a Fan Back which has historically been the most popular, a Slat Back which offers an ergonomic benefit of improved lumber support, a Curve back, a Swirl back or our Arts & Crafts Movement inspired Heart Back.

What wood do you use?

All of the wood we use comes under the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) meaning we know what tree it has come from.

The Kyokusen, Tranquillity and the swinging day bed are both made with oak that grows on the Northern border of Germany near Poland. In our experience, the further East in to Europe you travel the slower the wood grows and the denser it is, meaning it is incredibly tough (much to our makers troubles!) and long-lasting.

The Serenity swing seat comes in Western Red Cedar which we source from Canada. We’ve experimented with English Red Cedar but found it grows too fast and doesn’t have the properties we need.

We also use preservative treated Scandinavian Pine for our Harmony range, a grade called ‘unsorted’ which is the highest quality available, resulting in fewer knots. 

For more frequently asked questions please see the Garden Swing Seats FAQ page