It's amazing how many great garden and outdoor structures are available these days. When you have these kinds of choices, it's hard to decide what will look best in your yard. Sometimes the best way to go about deciding is to look at your family activity and see which one fits the best.
Trellises are an inexpensive way to give your yard and garden that little something without breaking the bank. They can be used all over your yard and garden and coupled with some nice climbing plants with blooms or vines, they make wonderful focal points. Since they come in so many shapes and sizes you should be able to find great trellises for any situation.
Another very versatile outdoor structure is an arbor. In fact, many people have multiple arbors to create entrances to their garden from every side and also into their yards. They are fantastic to create an archway especially if combined with lovely climbing vines and blooms that can fill in the sides and tops creating a canopy of flowers. For outside weddings, you can't beat this. However, arbors can be used sparingly to create wonderful sitting areas or vestibule.
A larger structure that can be a stand alone or combined with your porch or patio is a pergola. Pergolas are unique in that they have the same canopy capabilities as arbors with the right plant choices but they also provide shade in the mornings and evenings due to the slatted nature of the roof. Creating a sitting area under a pergola is a great way to enjoy one of these fine structures and some pergolas came with optional chairs and/or tables built in.
One of the largest outdoor structures that are really fun is the gazebo. Gazebos are natural gathering places and can be used anywhere in the yard where you want people to be able to congregate and have a good time. They can be easily used beside a swimming pool or out in the yard all by itself. They are beautiful and always ready for a party or private dinner and are very versatile.
You won't hear much about raised beds and bridges because, even though you will see both all the time, they blend in with the landscape more than stick out as an overpowering structure. Raised beds are great to place in your yard and allow you to create a flowerbed without digging up anything, anywhere. For areas that have low lying spots or water features you would like to enhance, bridges work very well. As stated before, these get lost in the landscape but if you look, you will see them everywhere. - 15266
Trellises are an inexpensive way to give your yard and garden that little something without breaking the bank. They can be used all over your yard and garden and coupled with some nice climbing plants with blooms or vines, they make wonderful focal points. Since they come in so many shapes and sizes you should be able to find great trellises for any situation.
Another very versatile outdoor structure is an arbor. In fact, many people have multiple arbors to create entrances to their garden from every side and also into their yards. They are fantastic to create an archway especially if combined with lovely climbing vines and blooms that can fill in the sides and tops creating a canopy of flowers. For outside weddings, you can't beat this. However, arbors can be used sparingly to create wonderful sitting areas or vestibule.
A larger structure that can be a stand alone or combined with your porch or patio is a pergola. Pergolas are unique in that they have the same canopy capabilities as arbors with the right plant choices but they also provide shade in the mornings and evenings due to the slatted nature of the roof. Creating a sitting area under a pergola is a great way to enjoy one of these fine structures and some pergolas came with optional chairs and/or tables built in.
One of the largest outdoor structures that are really fun is the gazebo. Gazebos are natural gathering places and can be used anywhere in the yard where you want people to be able to congregate and have a good time. They can be easily used beside a swimming pool or out in the yard all by itself. They are beautiful and always ready for a party or private dinner and are very versatile.
You won't hear much about raised beds and bridges because, even though you will see both all the time, they blend in with the landscape more than stick out as an overpowering structure. Raised beds are great to place in your yard and allow you to create a flowerbed without digging up anything, anywhere. For areas that have low lying spots or water features you would like to enhance, bridges work very well. As stated before, these get lost in the landscape but if you look, you will see them everywhere. - 15266
