Garden Structures

There's more to an attractive garden than plants. Trellises, arbors, gazebos and other garden structures are unique architectural additions. Such "hardscape" elements make small spaces seem larger while providing the added benefit of privacy and cooling shade.

UF/IFAS Publications

• Arbor, Trellis, or Pergola—What’s in Your Garden: A Mini-Dictionary of Garden Structures and Plant Forms
• Basic Principles of Landscape Design

Also on Gardening in a Minute

• Espaliers
• Garden Seating
• Garden Sheds
• Pergolas
• Trellises
• Uses for Cut Bamboo
• Wooden Garden Accents

Other Sites

• Building Overhead Structures, Pergolas and Arbors--University of Minnesota Department of Horticultural Science
• Hardscape in the Landscape--Penn State Cooperative Extension
• "Hardscaping" Your Landscape--University of Arizona Cooperative Extension
• Landscape designer Wesley Rouse tells us how he uses outdoor rooms to connect indoors and out--Fine Gardening
• Structures--Texas Cooperative Extension
• Up with Gardens—Anytime!--Penn State Cooperative Extension