A pretty passage, overgrown with plants: With a pergola you can make more out of your garden. It provides shade, serves as a privacy screen – and attracts attention at the same time. Because the lightweight metal frames offer a variety of design options.

Pergola or gazebo?

Even in ancient times, plant-grown passageways were popular, either between two houses or as porch, It was therefore an arcade, then mostly of stone or wood. Today, however, other forms of roofing are added: over a large terrace, for example, then the pergola is attached to the house. Unlike an awning, however, she is stuck. Free-standing forms, on the other hand, are more like garden decorations: with their vine plants, they subdivide free garden space, thus serving the design and the beautification.

It is always a frame with gaps, such as for vine plants. A pergola is therefore of the construction ago on the sides and open at the top. This form is responsible for the fact that today the terms pergola and pavilion are often equated – a pavilion is always free and is usually square from the base.

function

In any case, it is a protection. Whether against the sun, wind or against the eyes of curious neighbors: A pergola has many uses. If it is more spacious or composed of several parts, it also offers a retreat that could hardly be more dreamlike – in the middle of the green, quiet, secluded. Because their structure made of filigree metal offers plants ideal climbing opportunities, so that with good care soon everything is overgrown.

materials

Metal is sturdy yet can look dainty – a metal pergola adds an elegant touch to your garden. And with appropriate planting you can enhance this effect even more. The metal itself is treated, because after all it is outdoors and has to withstand wind and weather. Preference is given to aluminum, powder-coated iron or steel. As vine plants, there are fast growing annual vines. But even hardy perennial plants go – with a mix of both, it’s best to first find out whether the species harmonize with each other.

style

Whether as room divideror slightly larger than a retreat – always the pergola should fit harmoniously into the environment. Popular is the pergola in the Mediterranean style. Mostly kept in black and nicely decorated, it creates echoes of southern ambience. Due to their shape, elongated models make it possible to place several in a row. This gives you a passage through the arch, provided, of course, that your garden has enough space.

Unlike free-standing models, however, a pergola can also be used as an entrance – or even as a porch on the house. A large balcony or terrace, it can complete so that you are protected from view, and yet sits in the countryside. This type increases the available living space of the house.

Here too the boundaries to open roofing become blurred. Some manufacturers also refer to the latter as a pergola – then they are massive models with a flat roof, lamella or roller blinds. They are particularly suitable for large terraces, often square in the base area, and priced far more expensive than a small pergola for the garden.

For whom suitable

To really come into its own, a pergola needs a lot of space. So it is more for garden owners or patio users – and the need for rest. Because it also protects to the side, you can create cozy corners here: for breakfast, for reading or just for relaxing.

Popular models

Nexos Arch Of RosesGrape Leaf Design – trellis, rather small, highlight in the garden. Dainty design, 250 cm high. With herring for anchoring in the ground. Made of steel, color: black.

AS-S XXL pergola
Mod. 5001B made of metal, black – hexagonal, spacious, offers a little more space. Free-standing, with passage to two sides. Powder coated. Trellis rose arch, filigree design. For the garden.

Deuba pergola with entrance door
Smart design – for garden path or garden entrance. Powder coated metal, 225 cm high, door only half height. With door lock. Color: Black. Holds best when anchored in addition.