Metal Pergola

Designs and Styles

The beauty of metal is that it can be moulded into quite intricate designs, making an attractive frame for your climbing plants. These are usually the wrought iron structures, which lend themselves to a more traditional garden.

With the more modern designs, they are smoothly crafted, being a structural design feature in themselves.

Take a look at some examples.

Greenfingers supply probably the best range, having some basic and more intricate designs, including the intricate wrought iron pergola, which looks stunning with climbing plants draped over it and the Olympic Garden Gazebo, which makes a very intimate free standing feature.

They also have metal arches with planters, seated arbours and powder-coated metal tree seats, and other wrought iron arches. There are some very delicate and ornate structures to be found here.

Their site is well worth some in-depth research.

The Garden Factory also have a good choice of metal structures too, in their 'Arbours, Arches and Pergola' section (See right navigation buttons).

For seating, take a look at this powder coated steel arbour,


All come in kit form and are relatively easy to assemble. Having another pair of hands, however, is helpful - one to hold and one to fit the parts together. For even the more complex designs, an hour or two should see it finished, in all its glory!

And then the planting can begin -

Climbing Plants

Use different colours, shapes and textures to create a truly amazing display. For ideas and advice, see the climbing plants link above.