Small arbor ideas

Explore these pergola ideas to help you find the best design for your backyard. They’re a great way to add beauty and function to your landscaping.

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Anyone who has been in a longterm relationship will tell you that holding on to a little mystery helps keeps the romance alive. Where there is mystery, there is curiosity and excitement. Mystery has its place in a garden too. When an outdoor space is revealed in a single glance you remove the element of surprise and the delight that inevitably follows. A degree of mystery draws visitors to explore a garden with the hidden promise of what lies ahead. Fostering a sense of discovery may seem…

Enhance curb appeal or frame a pathway with this DIY arbor that's easy on the pocketbook and a snap to build.

Mangold Garden, gateway from the "ornamental" garden to the "working" garden.

We’re sharing step by step as we build a DIY arbor swing in a beautiful backyard! This is Step 10: installing lattice purlins on top of rafters for an arbor