With all the wonderful choices in outdoor structures, it can be hard to decide which ones will enhance your yard and garden. With this in mind, let's explore the different types of outdoor garden structures, where they might be placed and for what purpose. This way you can look at your families activity and decide what will work best for all of you.
Let's start with the trellis. You will find trellises in both the front and back yards in gardens of all kinds and against large and small walls and buildings to help tame the mass of climbing vines. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes and you can use them virtually any and everywhere.
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.
This next structure has an almost meditative feel that cannot be explained. It's been said that since it lets in nature and the suns rays, the pergola allows you to commune with nature while you are eating or just having fun with family and friends. Of course, sitting in silence and just enjoying your life is another way to experience nature under a pergola. It will provide you with partial shade and, if you choose, can be filled with climbing vines and plants that will fill the slats with a canopy of sorts to create even more shade.
Gazebos are great for almost any family. They can be used as a self contained patio, if you don't have a patio, or in conjunction with another backyard feature like a pond or swimming pool. A gazebo is a perfect place for a party at any time of the year and many can be closed off with a cover to enjoy an intimate dance or dinner with your spouse or partner. This can be a great choice for the right family.
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. - 15432
Let's start with the trellis. You will find trellises in both the front and back yards in gardens of all kinds and against large and small walls and buildings to help tame the mass of climbing vines. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes and you can use them virtually any and everywhere.
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.
This next structure has an almost meditative feel that cannot be explained. It's been said that since it lets in nature and the suns rays, the pergola allows you to commune with nature while you are eating or just having fun with family and friends. Of course, sitting in silence and just enjoying your life is another way to experience nature under a pergola. It will provide you with partial shade and, if you choose, can be filled with climbing vines and plants that will fill the slats with a canopy of sorts to create even more shade.
Gazebos are great for almost any family. They can be used as a self contained patio, if you don't have a patio, or in conjunction with another backyard feature like a pond or swimming pool. A gazebo is a perfect place for a party at any time of the year and many can be closed off with a cover to enjoy an intimate dance or dinner with your spouse or partner. This can be a great choice for the right family.
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. - 15432
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For an outdoor wedding nothing says romance like getting married under a garden pergola . You can accent around it with beautiful and easy to put together raised flower beds .
