Pergola Blog
Pergola Blog
The Pergola Blog is my mini-journal. It lets you know:
- When new web pages and updates are available on the site.
- Keeps you up-to-date with new postings or news. It might be a new pergola plan, a not-to-be-missed, fantastic offer on a particular tool, or beautiful plant that I really must tell you about!
- Gives information on landscaping projects that I have done for clients, which will give you an insight into pergola designs and ideas, or garden landscaping in general.
- Lets you know when my 'Love Gardening' Ezine articles are sent out (in case you don't like to give your e-mail address, or through over-filtering, causing you to miss an issue)!
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Fantastic Pergola Offers
Exploring fantastic pergola offers, garden bargains and exclusive voucher codes can mean big savings and there are some great ones this month! Take a look.....
Pergola Columns
Classical stone pergola columns can transform a garden into something truly special. Find ideas and where to buy them here...
Garden Makeover Ideas
Need a garden makeover? Inspirational 'Before' and 'After' photos, with garden design ideas.
Solanum - The Potato Vine
Grow a beautiful purple solanum (potato vine) over your pergola or garden structure. A wonderful climbing plant for a sheltered spot!
Clematis
Choose a beautiful clematis to grow over your pergola or garden structure. Advice on planting, care and on-line ordering.
Grapevines
All you need to know about how to grow grapevines on a pergola, sourcing the best varieties and the secrets to producing wonderfully juicy grapes!
Honeysuckle
Choose a highly fragrant honeysuckle to grow over your pergola, with varieties that give a knock-out scent!
Climbing Roses
Transform your pergola with stunning colour and fragrance! Discover my top tips on choosing, planting, and growing the best climbing roses for your garden.
Freestanding or Lean-To Pergola: Which One Is Right for You?
Freestanding or lean-to pergola? Discover which is right for your garden, from an independent four-post design to a pergola attached to the house.
Continue reading "Freestanding or Lean-To Pergola: Which One Is Right for You?"
Pergola Post Fixings Guide: How to Secure Your Posts
Need to secure your pergola posts? Here are ideas for pergola post fixings in different situations, and how to do it with spikes, anchors, or brackets.
Continue reading "Pergola Post Fixings Guide: How to Secure Your Posts"
Easy Low-Maintenance Tips for Clear Pond Water
Discover how to achieve clear pond water naturally! Learn my easy, low maintenance tips to attract wildlife and enjoy a pristine garden water feature.
Continue reading "Easy Low-Maintenance Tips for Clear Pond Water"
Climbing Vegetables
Create a superb and delicious display of healthy climbing vegetables and fruits with a vertical garden. Find ideas on how to maximise your outdoor space!
They're Coming In Thick and Fast This Weekend!
Even more discounts to savour, this time for trees, with the original 20% off and now another 15% off. If you're looking for a perfectly placed tree this season either to plant in the ground or in a pot, this might be the very thing!
You can find the discount code here...
Continue reading "They're Coming In Thick and Fast This Weekend!"
Pergola Posts
Let's look at some ideas for your pergola posts - post size, post anchors, using rough sawn or planed timber, and trending pergola paint colours.
Hot Tub and Spa
A stunning addition to your garden! How to effectively incorporate a hot tub spa into your outdoor living space.
Beautiful Modern Outdoor and Indoor Furniture
This is a fantastic company with lots of offers! They have extended their Cyber Monday sale until Friday, using the voucher codes below.
They sell high end, modern outdoor and indoor furniture, and accessories, and have great ideas for patios and indoor rooms, too. Big savings to be had here!
They often send through exclusive deals to me, so keep a look out for them through the link below, which will take you to my 'Fantastic Offers' page, where there are more examples of their furniture sets.
This offer ends on the 6th of December, so this is written in haste. I have added the information to my blog page just in case anyone would like to take advantage of the discounts, as time is a bit short, but offers on some of their beautiful, more pricey furniture are well worth having.
The codes are:
12% off with offer code Black12
20% off with offer code Black20
I hope you can make use of the codes to enhance your home for less!
Continue reading "Beautiful Modern Outdoor and Indoor Furniture"
Colourful Autumn Flowers
Autumn can be a wonderfully colourful time in the garden. Here are some recommendations showcasing some stunningly beautiful autumn flowers in all their glory!
Plants
Find out about a whole range of spectacular plants, their size, planting and care. Get ideas, inspiration and tips to make your garden an amazing place to be!
Hydrangea Plants
Fabulous for pots or in the garden, find out how to grow and care for these gorgeous hydrangea plants.
Plants and Bulbs 20% Off Today Only
It's getting towards the time for planting tulips, ideally at the end of October through November, as we feel the temperature dropping a little; and what a show they make in the spring.
These combination packs are gorgeous. They can be grown in the ground, of course, or in pots grouped with other plants flowering at either the same time (think muscari, anemone, hellebore) or not, their leaves acting as a foil for the tulips themselves.
It will be an ideal time to plant perennials soon, too, in late September to October. Crocus have this discount for all their plants, ready for planting this autumn.
Exclusive Discount Code
This is a good one!
An exclusive discount code has come through to me from Homary - an amazing website for furniture and accessories - to pass on to my readers. 10% off some of their more expensive items is definitely worth having.
I use them on my website a lot because they have some fabulous products: ultra modern and chic! For something a little different, this is the place to look.
There are many 'ideas and inspiration' pages for rooms both inside or out, which help us to get an idea of what grouped furniture and accessories might look like in a given setting. Very handy.
I love this one in particular, with it's neutral colours, patterns and textures. Very modern and minimalist.
Just great for getting the creative juices flowing!
The discount code runs until the end of August. Homary are an international company, so we can all benefit.
Use this code to get 10% off, at checkout, on any item from the Homary website:
Enjoy!
Alan's Amazing Pergola
We wanted a more shady place on our patio, so with the help of your plans we amalgamted a few of the designs and built this. All made from green oak,
Heavenly Hexagonal Haven
Our pitched-roof hexagonal pergola design is more of an arbour that takes advantage of the setting sun at the bottom of our garden and nicely nestles under
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