Serenity and Tranquility in a water garden pond is an  escapism from the hustle and bustle of your daily life on many situations. Indeed, you need a corner in your garden to rest. Some prefers open space,  other prefer rooftop features. So comes to birth a few structures called Arbor,  Pergola and Trellis with various form and shapes known as hardscape. Pergola normally built as an aesthetic element and provides  climbing space for climber plant, also used by some garden owner as a place to  rest.

Arbor

For country garden, arbor not only provides an interesting  panorama view but also provides shelter and rest area under the sun or rain  while inhaling a fresh air and listening to the churning of water splashing  down the rock. It’s best to build the arbor from a long lasting wood to balance  up with the climbing plants as well as to sooth the view.

Put in your mind, the purpose of building arbor. After  knowing the purpose and the types of arbor you want to carry out there then you  can start to determine the design and location of the arbor. Assume that the  location don’t restrict free movement in the garden and obstruct the view to  your house or block the air flow and sunlight. Don’t forget to lighten up the  arbor area with lantern if you want to have some activities at night.

You need to be sensitive about where the sun rises in the  morning or down in the evening because even though the arbor was built with  rooftop, the long and short sun light at different times should be observed so  that the arbor is always shady. Study the direction of wind as not to obstruct  it from flowing freely to the arbor.

Decorate your arbor with outdoor decor so that any activity  carried out in here can be more comfortable. Lastly don’t forget to put potted  flowers in container garden plant to soothe the environment.

Pergola and Trellis

Don’t under estimate the small backyard in your home. The  obscure position of your backyard makes it suitable to build a pergola. Some  people might want to build it in front of the house. The presence of the  pergola can dramatically change the outlook of your home.

Function only as an add-on decor that brings aesthetic value  to the garden, some garden owner makes use of the space under the pergola to put  outdoor furniture as a rest area. To prevent the outdoor furniture from rain  you can put a transparent plastic roof on the pergola. Use long lasting wood  material such as hard wood, cedar wood and decorate it with hanging plants or  climbing plants. It would make it more interesting if the plants flourish.