Do it! plan a pergola

Use a pergola to link two different areas of the garden, or to create an area that feels a bit more intimate and offers shade. Why not create an outdoor sitting or dining room?

Decorate your pergola to suit your style. Paint the wooden posts in a bold shade, and choose furniture that makes a statement.

Nothing creates atmosphere like lighting, so adorn your pergola with fairy lights and lanterns so that it will twinkle in the summer evenings. An outdoor heater or chiminea means you can still use your outdoor entertaining area in the colder months.

Add some screening with grasses, willow or vertical walls of plants for extra privacy or to filter out intrusive sounds.

Plant fragrant climbers such as jasmine up the vertical posts to add a beautiful scent to your new outdoor space.