
Bougainvillea?
Bougainvillea?
Arbour used to refer to an orchard, garden or lawn, but today its use tends to be limited to a leafy glade or bower shaded by trees, vines, shrubs, etc. – especially when trained about a trellis. More precisely ‘a shady garden alcove with the sides and roof formed by trees or climbing plants trained over a framework’ (Oxford English Dictionary).This alcove may often contain a seat.
Pergola is the term given to a horizontal trellis or framework, supported on posts, that carries climbing plants and may form a covered walk, though sometimes it is also used to describe the same sort of structure as an arbour. Today pergolas are also used to provide an overhanging structure for an entertaining/ dining area such as a patio or terrace.
So why have these structures?
Provide privacy and shade
Divide up areas of the garden or/and provide an interesting route along a pathway or focal point
Provide support for plants
Provide a decorative structure
Further information:
Great Designs for a garden party
Better Homes & Gardens examples of pergolas
58,779 garden pergola Home Design Photos
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