You’ve always admired the beauty of garden gazebos and pergolas and would love to have one as part of your landscape design, but how do you plan it for maximum effect? In order to make your back yard space harmonious, connected, and usable, you’ll need to do more than throw some features together.
Dating from the Victorian era, garden gazebos were traditionally round or octagonal roofed structures intended for quiet contemplation, with some being almost purely decorative. In modern landscape design, a gazebo can be almost any shape or size, with usability becoming a more important consideration.
Start by considering what uses you might have for your gazebo. A gazebo can be a perfect shelter for a hot tub, a natural play space for children, an outdoor office, or an exercise area. Or you might want to use your gazebo to define a formal outdoor area for relaxation, conversation, and entertaining.
Pergolas are partially roofed structures that have traditionally been used as arches and walkways. A small pergola can serve as an entrance to your yard, while a larger one can be covered with climbing plants to serve as a cool and partially shaded retreat on hot summer days. If protection from sun and rain are not primary considerations, a pergola can also be used to define a formal outdoor area, with its partially roofed structure creating a light summery feeling.
Over the years we’ve built hundreds of gazebos and pergolas. Our years of landscape design experience allow us to develop ideas and plans that result in your gazebo or pergola serving as a highly usable part of your connected outdoor space.
What a pleasure and relief to work with a company that cares. With all the other consultations we received the attitude was basically ‘show me what you want and we’ll price it.’
From the very first meeting we knew we had found the right company. Paradise Decks listened to all our needs and came up with a brilliant design. We could not be happier and would recommend your services to anyone.
Mike Spinolla
Etobicoke, ON
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