How to Build an Outdoor Pergola
A pergola offers versatile shade and sun protection. Its traditional lattice form provides part-shade, but you can add more shade with wisteria or other vines that produce dense foliage; or use a canopy. A custom pergola can integrate seamlessly into your landscape. Or, you can buy a kit that your local landscape professional will install. Design Pergolas are a fantastic addition to any outdoor landscape design. They provide a beautiful focal point where people gather, a spot for guests to sit and enjoy the view, and a place to hang some of your favorite flowering plants. Unlike the rigidity of some traditional landscape elements, pergolas are flexible enough to let you add your personal touch. A local landscape professional can help you design a custom pergola or purchase one from a kit that is ready to install. This eclectic pergola has a thatched roof instead of wood slats, creating an orchard-like feel for the space. Billowing curtains hung from tension rods lend the structur...