Pergola ideas for gardens of any size and design
Is there anything prettier and more romantic than a garden pergola roof draped with flowers? These structures create distinct areas for seating and dining, or garden rooms that are seamlessly connected with the outdoors. Most importantly, they provide shady spots in the summer for relaxing away from the heat of the sun. The classic arrangement is a wooden frame, covered in some sort of climbing plant – wisteria creates an incredibly beautiful pergola – or an abundance of thin wooden sticks. A pergola can come in all shapes and sizes, from simple and rustic to elaborate cast-iron versions and there’s a wealth of plants to train around them.
Pergola kits
The question of whether it is cheaper to buy or build a pergola often crops up and the answer is build. A pre-made pergola can be costly, though often entirely worth it to save the potential hassle of planning, drawing, cutting and constructing your own. In the middle, you can find pergola kits, which provide all the pre-measured, pre-cut, treated wood you require, as well as the screws and tools to build it. All you need to do is construct the thing by following the instructions – just like when you assemble IKEA furniture.
What material should I use for my pergola?
For any garden building or large purchase, we would always opt for wood and think a wooden pergola is a natural fit for any garden. You can train plants to grow up and over them and it looks natural, plus the plant provides some sort of protection from the elements. However, for real longevity, a metal pergola will last a long time without the same natural wear that occurs with wood. Where a wooden pergola might start to rot away and one of the supports might need replacing, that will never happen with an aluminium pergola or similar. The downside is perhaps the aesthetic appeal, though once you add a canopy of plants, it can be just as lovely.
How to create a pergola canopy
The best way to enjoy a lovely pergola canopy is to train a trailing plant or vine to grow around it. A wisteria is always a top choice as there’s simply nowhere nicer to be than under your garden pergola when the flowers are in bloom. To train a plant up a pergola, simply plant it at the bottom of one of the posts and angle it towards the structure. Tie wires up the post so that you can secure shoots to the wires as they appear, and your pergola will be covered in lovely foliage in no time. If the idea of a plant canopy isn’t for you, you can buy shades to cover it easily enough instead.
The benefits of a corner pergola
The benefits of a corner pergola are simple: two of the four sides are already built for you, meaning less construction on your part. A corner pergola simply extends from two walls, so you only need a central support on the other corner and then the canopy part can be drilled directly onto the two walls.
MAY WE SUGGEST: Small garden ideas from the House & Garden archive
Garden pergola ideas
Here are some examples from the House & Garden archive to inspire your own garden pergola:
Mark Anthony Fox1/21At the back of this Cotswold-stone house, two seating areas – one an old wooden pergola swathed in fragrant white Rosa ‘Sander’s White Rambler’ – offer views of the beautiful garden. Peonies were added by the owner to complement the existing romantic planting of roses, ferns and lavender, anchored by box balls.
Richard Bloom2/21Pergolas can work just as well in contemporary schemes and traditional country gardens. This Italian garden by Tommaso del Buono is filled with clever ideas for relaxed outdoor living during the warmer months, including this bougainvillea-clad pergola framed by Californian pepper trees.
Eva Nemeth3/21For a beautiful example of a flower-covered pergola, look no further than this enchanting rose-filled garden in Dorset designed by the Bannermans. Rosa ‘Teasing Georgia’ clambers up the metal pergola. In the foreground, fragrant white old rose ‘Madame Hardy’ is set off by purple spires of Lythrum virgatum ‘Dropmore Purple’, mauve Hesperis matronalis and yellow Digitalis lutea.
Davide Lovatti4/21A pergola always works well beside a swimming pool, especially in a warmer climate where shady areas are particularly welcome. Here, outside the Tuscan farmhouse of Keith Johnson and Glen Senk, a rustic wooden pergola is crowned by straw sculptures of a fox and a chicken created by Antonio Massarutto, which is a charmingly playful idea.
Paul Massey5/21Outside this bright and breezy house in the Bahamas by Tino Zervudachi, chairs from Janus et Cie complement a 1960s firepit table with a ceramic top by Rosenthal.
- Álvaro Sampedro's garden in Spain</a>, the small stone house – swathed in roses and other climbers, and shaded by a long, vine-clad pergola – looks as though it is being swallowed up by the hillside. A seating terrace is enveloped by undulating domes of Pistacia lentiscus and myrtle, with the branches of three statuesque white mulberry trees overhead, their canopies casting just the right amount of shade for the area beneath.","contentType":"photo","credit":"CLAIRE TAKACS","segmentedSources":{"sm":[{"height":213,"width":320,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6422dab52ce06c5f0583f021/master/w_320,c_limit/_38A7535Edit-production_digital.jpg"},{"height":427,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6422dab52ce06c5f0583f021/master/w_640,c_limit/_38A7535Edit-production_digital.jpg"}],"md":[{"height":427,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6422dab52ce06c5f0583f021/master/w_640,c_limit/_38A7535Edit-production_digital.jpg"},{"height":853,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6422dab52ce06c5f0583f021/master/w_1280,c_limit/_38A7535Edit-production_digital.jpg"}],"lg":[{"height":683,"width":1024,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6422dab52ce06c5f0583f021/master/w_1024,c_limit/_38A7535Edit-production_digital.jpg"},{"height":1365,"width":2048,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6422dab52ce06c5f0583f021/master/w_2048,c_limit/_38A7535Edit-production_digital.jpg"}],"xl":[{"height":853,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6422dab52ce06c5f0583f021/master/w_1280,c_limit/_38A7535Edit-production_digital.jpg"}],"xxl":[{"height":853,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6422dab52ce06c5f0583f021/master/w_1280,c_limit/_38A7535Edit-production_digital.jpg"}]}}}" data-testid="GallerySlideWrapper">
CLAIRE TAKACS6/21At the top of Álvaro Sampedro's garden in Spain, the small stone house – swathed in roses and other climbers, and shaded by a long, vine-clad pergola – looks as though it is being swallowed up by the hillside. A seating terrace is enveloped by undulating domes of Pistacia lentiscus and myrtle, with the branches of three statuesque white mulberry trees overhead, their canopies casting just the right amount of shade for the area beneath.
7/21Create secluded and romantic seating by constructing a square pergola, draped with white wisteria (because we just can't get enough). Traditional bistro seating completes the look.
- Jinny Blom</a> has created an extraordinary secret garden filled with lushly textured foliage in myriad shades of green, where <em>Rhus typhina</em> mingles with the banana <em>Musa basjoo</em> and <em>Agapanthus africanus</em>. Huge square stone paving slabs are juxtaposed with the original old brick walls. A wooden swing seat from Carl Hansen & Son is suspended from the Japanese-inspired bespoke oak pergola.","contentType":"photo","credit":"Britt Willoughby Dyer","segmentedSources":{"sm":[{"height":216,"width":320,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/65367eb0ba6e19bddff61151/master/w_320,c_limit/IMG_0050BrittWilloughbyDyer-production_digital.jpg"},{"height":432,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/65367eb0ba6e19bddff61151/master/w_640,c_limit/IMG_0050BrittWilloughbyDyer-production_digital.jpg"}],"md":[{"height":432,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/65367eb0ba6e19bddff61151/master/w_640,c_limit/IMG_0050BrittWilloughbyDyer-production_digital.jpg"},{"height":863,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/65367eb0ba6e19bddff61151/master/w_1280,c_limit/IMG_0050BrittWilloughbyDyer-production_digital.jpg"}],"lg":[{"height":691,"width":1024,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/65367eb0ba6e19bddff61151/master/w_1024,c_limit/IMG_0050BrittWilloughbyDyer-production_digital.jpg"},{"height":1381,"width":2048,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/65367eb0ba6e19bddff61151/master/w_2048,c_limit/IMG_0050BrittWilloughbyDyer-production_digital.jpg"}],"xl":[{"height":863,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/65367eb0ba6e19bddff61151/master/w_1280,c_limit/IMG_0050BrittWilloughbyDyer-production_digital.jpg"}],"xxl":[{"height":863,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/65367eb0ba6e19bddff61151/master/w_1280,c_limit/IMG_0050BrittWilloughbyDyer-production_digital.jpg"}]}}}" data-testid="GallerySlideWrapper">
Britt Willoughby Dyer8/21Jinny Blom has created an extraordinary secret garden filled with lushly textured foliage in myriad shades of green, where Rhus typhina mingles with the banana Musa basjoo and Agapanthus africanus. Huge square stone paving slabs are juxtaposed with the original old brick walls. A wooden swing seat from Carl Hansen & Son is suspended from the Japanese-inspired bespoke oak pergola.
Marianne Majerus9/21At the centre of this Provençal garden by garden designer James Basson is a modest dining table shaded by a simple pergola, which, on closer inspection, has been finished with the most incredible attention to detail. Everything is clean, crisp and carefully judged.
- Joanna Plant in this Ibizan house</a>, though the structure here is wood and much more rustic. It is a charming pergola.","contentType":"photo","credit":"Elsa Young","segmentedSources":{"sm":[{"height":459,"width":320,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61894516bf23f972df259084/master/w_320,c_limit/plantsept18courtyard1.jpg"},{"height":918,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61894516bf23f972df259084/master/w_640,c_limit/plantsept18courtyard1.jpg"}],"md":[{"height":918,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61894516bf23f972df259084/master/w_640,c_limit/plantsept18courtyard1.jpg"},{"height":1836,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61894516bf23f972df259084/master/w_1280,c_limit/plantsept18courtyard1.jpg"}],"lg":[{"height":1469,"width":1024,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61894516bf23f972df259084/master/w_1024,c_limit/plantsept18courtyard1.jpg"},{"height":2938,"width":2048,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61894516bf23f972df259084/master/w_2048,c_limit/plantsept18courtyard1.jpg"}],"xl":[{"height":1836,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61894516bf23f972df259084/master/w_1280,c_limit/plantsept18courtyard1.jpg"}],"xxl":[{"height":1836,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61894516bf23f972df259084/master/w_1280,c_limit/plantsept18courtyard1.jpg"}]}}}" data-testid="GallerySlideWrapper">
Elsa Young10/21The same has been done by Joanna Plant in this Ibizan house, though the structure here is wood and much more rustic. It is a charming pergola.
- Mykonos house, designer Rebecca Korner</a> needed to create shady spaces to shield the strong Mediterranean sun. In a traditionally European style, she created a pergola laying thin sticks of bamboo across a series of slats, allowing the sun to come in a bit without heating the patio up.","contentType":"photo","credit":"James McDonald","segmentedSources":{"sm":[{"height":430,"width":320,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893f75f6acdd8ba44560e6/master/w_320,c_limit/084-9.jpg"},{"height":861,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893f75f6acdd8ba44560e6/master/w_640,c_limit/084-9.jpg"}],"md":[{"height":861,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893f75f6acdd8ba44560e6/master/w_640,c_limit/084-9.jpg"},{"height":1722,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893f75f6acdd8ba44560e6/master/w_1280,c_limit/084-9.jpg"}],"lg":[{"height":1378,"width":1024,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893f75f6acdd8ba44560e6/master/w_1024,c_limit/084-9.jpg"},{"height":2755,"width":2048,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893f75f6acdd8ba44560e6/master/w_2048,c_limit/084-9.jpg"}],"xl":[{"height":1722,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893f75f6acdd8ba44560e6/master/w_1280,c_limit/084-9.jpg"}],"xxl":[{"height":1722,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893f75f6acdd8ba44560e6/master/w_1280,c_limit/084-9.jpg"}]}}}" data-testid="GallerySlideWrapper">
James McDonald11/21In the garden of her Mykonos house, designer Rebecca Korner needed to create shady spaces to shield the strong Mediterranean sun. In a traditionally European style, she created a pergola laying thin sticks of bamboo across a series of slats, allowing the sun to come in a bit without heating the patio up.
- Mykonos house.</a> The bamboo roof of this timber structure creates dappled shade for built-in seating areas in coloured cement with views of the sea and pool. Fifties rattan ‘Margherita’ chairs by Franco Albini for Bonacina, a locally made treetrunk coffee table and a Tuareg reed rug from Morocco create a relaxed feel.","contentType":"photo","credit":"James McDonald","segmentedSources":{"sm":[{"height":435,"width":320,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893f764a03b8fcef3d13a8/master/w_320,c_limit/081-1.jpg"},{"height":870,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893f764a03b8fcef3d13a8/master/w_640,c_limit/081-1.jpg"}],"md":[{"height":870,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893f764a03b8fcef3d13a8/master/w_640,c_limit/081-1.jpg"},{"height":1740,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893f764a03b8fcef3d13a8/master/w_1280,c_limit/081-1.jpg"}],"lg":[{"height":1392,"width":1024,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893f764a03b8fcef3d13a8/master/w_1024,c_limit/081-1.jpg"},{"height":2784,"width":2048,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893f764a03b8fcef3d13a8/master/w_2048,c_limit/081-1.jpg"}],"xl":[{"height":1740,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893f764a03b8fcef3d13a8/master/w_1280,c_limit/081-1.jpg"}],"xxl":[{"height":1740,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893f764a03b8fcef3d13a8/master/w_1280,c_limit/081-1.jpg"}]}}}" data-testid="GallerySlideWrapper">
James McDonald12/21Another pergola in the designer Rebecca Korner's Mykonos house. The bamboo roof of this timber structure creates dappled shade for built-in seating areas in coloured cement with views of the sea and pool. Fifties rattan ‘Margherita’ chairs by Franco Albini for Bonacina, a locally made treetrunk coffee table and a Tuareg reed rug from Morocco create a relaxed feel.
- extravagantly romantic garden</a> set against the dramatic landscape of New South Wales. The weather can be extreme, so on hot, windy days, the family retreats to the swimming pool pavilion. Pergolas on either side are covered in climbing roses, which cocoon the family in a lovely space.","contentType":"photo","credit":"Simon Griffiths","segmentedSources":{"sm":[{"height":480,"width":320,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893a6c4a03b8fcef3d1133/master/w_320,c_limit/bloomfield-20.jpg"},{"height":960,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893a6c4a03b8fcef3d1133/master/w_640,c_limit/bloomfield-20.jpg"}],"md":[{"height":960,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893a6c4a03b8fcef3d1133/master/w_640,c_limit/bloomfield-20.jpg"},{"height":1920,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893a6c4a03b8fcef3d1133/master/w_1280,c_limit/bloomfield-20.jpg"}],"lg":[{"height":1536,"width":1024,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893a6c4a03b8fcef3d1133/master/w_1024,c_limit/bloomfield-20.jpg"},{"height":3072,"width":2048,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893a6c4a03b8fcef3d1133/master/w_2048,c_limit/bloomfield-20.jpg"}],"xl":[{"height":1920,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893a6c4a03b8fcef3d1133/master/w_1280,c_limit/bloomfield-20.jpg"}],"xxl":[{"height":1920,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893a6c4a03b8fcef3d1133/master/w_1280,c_limit/bloomfield-20.jpg"}]}}}" data-testid="GallerySlideWrapper">
Simon Griffiths13/21This pergola is an essential in this extravagantly romantic garden set against the dramatic landscape of New South Wales. The weather can be extreme, so on hot, windy days, the family retreats to the swimming pool pavilion. Pergolas on either side are covered in climbing roses, which cocoon the family in a lovely space.
- Tricia Guild's Italian garden</a>: two long tables, ideal for languorous dining, stand below a green canopy of six pollarded plane trees, which form a pergola of sorts. It's an innovative way to create this sort of structure in the garden.","contentType":"photo","credit":"James Merrell","segmentedSources":{"sm":[{"height":427,"width":320,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6189374ff4c358180440a747/master/w_320,c_limit/079-2.jpg"},{"height":853,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6189374ff4c358180440a747/master/w_640,c_limit/079-2.jpg"}],"md":[{"height":853,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6189374ff4c358180440a747/master/w_640,c_limit/079-2.jpg"},{"height":1707,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6189374ff4c358180440a747/master/w_1280,c_limit/079-2.jpg"}],"lg":[{"height":1365,"width":1024,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6189374ff4c358180440a747/master/w_1024,c_limit/079-2.jpg"},{"height":2731,"width":2048,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6189374ff4c358180440a747/master/w_2048,c_limit/079-2.jpg"}],"xl":[{"height":1707,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6189374ff4c358180440a747/master/w_1280,c_limit/079-2.jpg"}],"xxl":[{"height":1707,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6189374ff4c358180440a747/master/w_1280,c_limit/079-2.jpg"}]}}}" data-testid="GallerySlideWrapper">
James Merrell14/21Shady resting places are plentiful in Tricia Guild's Italian garden: two long tables, ideal for languorous dining, stand below a green canopy of six pollarded plane trees, which form a pergola of sorts. It's an innovative way to create this sort of structure in the garden.
- Parcevall Hall in the Yorkshire Dales</a> is testament to the vision of Sir William Milner, who bought the dilapidated hillside farmhouse in the Twenties and transformed its 24 acres with terraces, tranquil garden rooms and rare plants. On the first terrace, there is a weathered wooden pergola that creates a walkway across to other vistas.","contentType":"photo","credit":"Richard Bloom","segmentedSources":{"sm":[{"height":213,"width":320,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893aa482d6ea0c229eab3d/master/w_320,c_limit/rbd240518-136025x.jpg"},{"height":427,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893aa482d6ea0c229eab3d/master/w_640,c_limit/rbd240518-136025x.jpg"}],"md":[{"height":427,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893aa482d6ea0c229eab3d/master/w_640,c_limit/rbd240518-136025x.jpg"},{"height":853,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893aa482d6ea0c229eab3d/master/w_1280,c_limit/rbd240518-136025x.jpg"}],"lg":[{"height":683,"width":1024,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893aa482d6ea0c229eab3d/master/w_1024,c_limit/rbd240518-136025x.jpg"},{"height":1365,"width":2048,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893aa482d6ea0c229eab3d/master/w_2048,c_limit/rbd240518-136025x.jpg"}],"xl":[{"height":853,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893aa482d6ea0c229eab3d/master/w_1280,c_limit/rbd240518-136025x.jpg"}],"xxl":[{"height":853,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893aa482d6ea0c229eab3d/master/w_1280,c_limit/rbd240518-136025x.jpg"}]}}}" data-testid="GallerySlideWrapper">
Richard Bloom15/21Parcevall Hall in the Yorkshire Dales is testament to the vision of Sir William Milner, who bought the dilapidated hillside farmhouse in the Twenties and transformed its 24 acres with terraces, tranquil garden rooms and rare plants. On the first terrace, there is a weathered wooden pergola that creates a walkway across to other vistas.
- gardens at Petworth</a> are completely beautiful and not shy of a pergola or two. The pergola above a walkway at the side of the cloister garden becomes a tunnel of fragrant <em>Wisteria floribunda</em> ‘Alba’ in early summer. The path is edged with camassia, <em>Euphorbia polychroma</em>, dicentra and <em>Digitalis purpurea</em> ‘Camelot Queen’ in a restful cream and green scheme. An arch leads to the south lawn.","contentType":"photo","credit":"Ngoc Minh Ngo","segmentedSources":{"sm":[{"height":480,"width":320,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/618937c7f9cf3d171adaca35/master/w_320,c_limit/petworth_2018_0519_500.jpg"},{"height":960,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/618937c7f9cf3d171adaca35/master/w_640,c_limit/petworth_2018_0519_500.jpg"}],"md":[{"height":960,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/618937c7f9cf3d171adaca35/master/w_640,c_limit/petworth_2018_0519_500.jpg"},{"height":1920,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/618937c7f9cf3d171adaca35/master/w_1280,c_limit/petworth_2018_0519_500.jpg"}],"lg":[{"height":1536,"width":1024,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/618937c7f9cf3d171adaca35/master/w_1024,c_limit/petworth_2018_0519_500.jpg"},{"height":3072,"width":2048,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/618937c7f9cf3d171adaca35/master/w_2048,c_limit/petworth_2018_0519_500.jpg"}],"xl":[{"height":1920,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/618937c7f9cf3d171adaca35/master/w_1280,c_limit/petworth_2018_0519_500.jpg"}],"xxl":[{"height":1920,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/618937c7f9cf3d171adaca35/master/w_1280,c_limit/petworth_2018_0519_500.jpg"}]}}}" data-testid="GallerySlideWrapper">
Ngoc Minh Ngo16/21The gardens at Petworth are completely beautiful and not shy of a pergola or two. The pergola above a walkway at the side of the cloister garden becomes a tunnel of fragrant Wisteria floribunda ‘Alba’ in early summer. The path is edged with camassia, Euphorbia polychroma, dicentra and Digitalis purpurea ‘Camelot Queen’ in a restful cream and green scheme. An arch leads to the south lawn.
Ngoc Minh Ngo17/21Pergolas swathed in Wisteria floribunda ‘Alba’ create a backdrop for Iris pallida var. dalmatica in the cloister garden at Petworth.
- outdoor dining</a>. Hanging wisteria and striped cushions make this an idyllic outside space. The pergola was installed by Sean Walter of <a href=https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/"http://theplantspecialist.co.uk//" rel=\"nofollow\">The Plant Specialist</a>.","contentType":"photo","credit":"","segmentedSources":{"sm":[{"height":480,"width":320,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/618937c5f4c358180440a893/master/w_320,c_limit/2764980-house-30oct15_JanBaldwin_b.jpg"},{"height":960,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/618937c5f4c358180440a893/master/w_640,c_limit/2764980-house-30oct15_JanBaldwin_b.jpg"}],"md":[{"height":960,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/618937c5f4c358180440a893/master/w_640,c_limit/2764980-house-30oct15_JanBaldwin_b.jpg"},{"height":1920,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/618937c5f4c358180440a893/master/w_1280,c_limit/2764980-house-30oct15_JanBaldwin_b.jpg"}],"lg":[{"height":1536,"width":1024,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/618937c5f4c358180440a893/master/w_1024,c_limit/2764980-house-30oct15_JanBaldwin_b.jpg"},{"height":3072,"width":2048,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/618937c5f4c358180440a893/master/w_2048,c_limit/2764980-house-30oct15_JanBaldwin_b.jpg"}],"xl":[{"height":1920,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/618937c5f4c358180440a893/master/w_1280,c_limit/2764980-house-30oct15_JanBaldwin_b.jpg"}],"xxl":[{"height":1920,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/618937c5f4c358180440a893/master/w_1280,c_limit/2764980-house-30oct15_JanBaldwin_b.jpg"}]}}}" data-testid="GallerySlideWrapper">
18/21This wisteria-clad pergola in the garden of a London flat designed by Charlotte Crosland provides shade for outdoor dining. Hanging wisteria and striped cushions make this an idyllic outside space. The pergola was installed by Sean Walter of The Plant Specialist.
Sarah Hogan19/21If you want to create a space for outdoor entertaining, a strategically placed pergola like this in the Sussex home of the late Helen Green, is perfect for giving a feeling of enclosure, without obstructing the view. Train a climbing plant over it for blousy summer blooms.
Simon Brown20/21A pretty painted pastel blue pergola provides a sheltered spot for summer dining in an English country garden.
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Andrew Montgomery21/21A circular pool designed by Edwin Lutyens is highlighted by the oak pergola behind, which frames a pretty dining area in the walled garden at Folly Farm. The pool is the only element left from Edwin Lutyens, who designed these gardens along with Gertrude Jekyll.
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