So, What's a Pergola?

The official Wikipedia definition for a pergola is "a garden feature forming a shaded walkway, passageway or sitting area of vertical posts or pillars that usually support cross-beams and a sturdy open lattice, often upon which woody vines are trained." If you're still here after that long sentence, a pergola is basically sturdier open-sided tent of sorts, usually made of wood.

Need to see a few examples? Here you go.











They're great for providing outdoor shade or protection from rain in an area, provided the roof of the pergola is covered. As stated in the Wikipedia definition, some like to train vines or other types of plants to grow on or around their pergola, which makes it feel more like a part of nature than a man-made structure.

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