How to make your own DIY Wooden Garden Obelisk This easy-to-make wooden obelisk will look really nice in your garden. First of all, I must tell you that I am by no means a professional carpenter or woodworker. So if I can build this, you can too. I'm including step-by-step directions and a diagram so that you can make one too at very little cost. Back in January, I was browsing through the How-To books in Lowe's and spotted an obelisk. I had seen these around but had no idea it had such a fancy name. By definition, an obelisk