Garden Decorations: Arbors, Arches, Pergolas
Arbors, arches, pergolas – all these “small architectural forms” are used for beautification and decoration of your garden or backyard area.
Before placing arches, pergolas and arbors you should think over everything yourself or develop a design of the site and its style with the help of a professional designer. All small architectural forms must be beautiful and comfortable fitting in the landscape design of your garden and please the eye.
From the arbor there should be a beautiful view of a flowerbed. On a hot summer day, it is pleasant to go to the lake through the arch, entwined with lianas and relax in the shade of a beautiful arbor or pergola. You should also take into account the climate change and consider how arches, arbors and pergolas will look like in winter, for example.
The arbor is usually located not far from the house, so that it is convenient to set the table in the arbor, in a shady spot under the trees. By the type of constructions arbors are very diverse and they can be round, square, of six or octagonal shape, in accordance with the chosen style of the landscape design of the area, garden. As a rule, benches are set according to the perimeters of the arbor, and in the middle a table, grill or an open fireplace is placed. The floor in the arbor can be dirt, wood, and concrete. The materials of which arbors are made can also be various – wood, metal, brick, plastic, etc. The arbor can be open and glazed. Hiding from the heat under the canopy of the arbor you can relax for a long time and enjoy the beauty of your garden.
An arch has a vaulted structure, with a cover made of stone (marble), iron, wood, wound with climbers. You can place it in any suitable place on
the garden plot; an arch at the entrance to the garden looks especially nice. If you have a small garden, an arch will allow you to decorate and visually increase its height. Usually such a structure is designed specifically to fit a variety of climbers. If you twine the arch with decorative vine or jasmine, you will get a shady and cool area in the garden. A fragrant dog rose, clematis and honeysuckle will make you not only stop and admire the beauty of the garden, but will also allow you to enjoy the wonderful aroma throughout the whole summer.
A pergola is a light, wooden or metal construction, made in the form of several interconnected arches. Earlier they were used for growing vines in the south. In fact, pergolas, as distant relatives of the arbor, are sheds or corridors entwined with greenery. Pergolas not only decorate a garden in summer, provide coolness, protect from the wind but they can also help in organizing the space of a garden plot. With the help of pergolas you can divide the plot in parts or vice versa, connect the recreation area with the house.
