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"Some photos of our lean-to pergola based on your plans, we are very pleased with the results!  They were great plans and easy to follow. Thanks."

Pam and Brian, United Kingdom.

"The pergola was finished towards the end of last year. We have been enjoying many mornings and nights out there. Again I can not thank you enough for the help and guidance - keeping my head on straight."

Howard

Hi Di, thank you for your lastest Ezine message.

I thought you might like to see some pictures of the attached lean-to I built after viewing you pergola plans and plants.

It has now matured with climbers and ornaments alike. All my friends and neighbours love it and have asked me to design and assist them in their gardens. So thanks for the ideas, I loved building it as it stimulated my brain cells working out the hypotenuse etc.  Pleased to say my calcs were spot on, it’s perfectly square. It had to be for the polycarbonate roof panels to fit.

I have also added lighting since.  My wife loves it!

Thanks again!

 John. Suffolk, UK

"I am a bit of a DIYer and like to turn my hand to things so when the pergola idea took hold I needed to find a starting point - and hey presto - 'Pergola Plans 4 free'.

Whilst there were plans for rectangular pergolas on the site for free, I needed one to fit into a corner, and Di came to the rescue. We exchanged several emails, and with her experience and expertise, she modified her plans to suit my needs - all I had to do was build it!...(Thanks again - all clear now - and thanks for the diagrams).

The rest, as long as you follow the plans, is straight forward. What more can I say - just follow the instructions and use Di's experience if you get stuck - she returns your emails within 24 hours."

Ray.  United Kingdom.

If you'd like to see how Ray adapted the corner pergola plans to create his triangular pergola, read his story here.

First of all I wanted to thank you for replying to me and spending your personal time in answering my questions and having this extended discussion with me.

It is as much a reward as the project itself!

Christos. East Grinstead, UK.

We previously built a corner pergola using your plans and it worked beautifully. We have moved house since then and we are now wanting a plan for a pergola with a contemporary look, size 3.5 metres square.

Margaret

United Kingdom.

"This is my newly built and adapted corner pergola on my patio. The plans were great, very concise and easy to follow and I couldn't have managed without them!"

T****
United Kingdom.

Just to let you know I've finally finished my corner pergola (just noticed almost a year to the day I purchased the plans!)

Really satisfying process, I couldn't have done it without the plans. Some great jewels of tips in there. I adapted the plans and took out the two front posts. 

Great fun, satisfying and rewarding. Thanks again!

Chris. United Kingdom.

Good news, the materials for the pergola will be arriving shortly. Should start building in the next few days, hopefully!

Roger. UK

"I have just finished building my pergola and it looks amazing. The plans were so detailed they were easy to follow. Thank you so much for giving me the confidence to do this myself. I can't wait to get plants growing up the trellis now!"

Ian
Cumbria, United Kingdom.

"Finally finished the pergola after only weekends and a few evenings. The plans were very useful. I modified them quite a bit to fit in with my deck. Thanks once again for very informative plans to work from."

Paul
United Kingdom.

I am almost finished with the Asian pergola, and have attached a few photos throughout the construction. The plans were excellent and couldn't have managed without them. 

John. UK

My pergola, designed by me, cut, machined and fitted in place

James

We used all recycled wood for our pitched-roof hexagonal pergola. My son and I built it. It was great fun! Thank you for creating the plans for us!

Judith. UK

I used your plans to build my pergola. I would love to send you pics.

Jocelyn. United States

I studied your site and several You Tube channels and then made my own design cobbled together from the ideas.  I used pressure treated lumber for the 6 posts and cedar for all the rest.  We have since added a pond with a small waterfall, water lilies and goldfish just beside. 

Jim. British Columbia, Canada.  

I am an old customer (in age as well as aficionado of your site!) of yours and built the corner pergola design that now looks great with plants around. I am now planning to build a fairly simple square pergola for my son in his small garden.  It will be integral with stepped decking at the bottom of his garden and will be a maximum of 6’ square all round with trellis on two sides (back and end) so searching your plans for a few ideas.

Chris Brandon
St. Alban's, UK

Here's more about Chris' pergola story.

"Loved the gazebo ideas in your Ezine, but my husband built a beautiful pergola using your plans last year and we can't fit any more hard landscaping in our small garden!"            

                                                                Molly, Sydney, Australia.

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!

We are very happy with our pergola and the balance is just right.

Alan. UK

So when my wife came back from the garden center and asked if I could build a pergola for the garden, I said 'Sure, no problem, when the weather gets a bit better', thereby allowing me time to look on the net and to see what a pergola was!!

Having no idea what to do, and not having any tools or having done any woodwork in 35 years, I needed something that was going to look special, and at the same time, simple to construct. So when I found Di's pergolaplans4free.co.uk website and her hexagonal pergola, it was like manna from heaven. 

It took me just over a week to complete, and that sense of achievement will give you a buzz for a long time, so certainly worth it.

I was so pleased with the results of cutting the rafter tails with the jigsaw, having used Di's templates. 

Rob Lipparelli. Japan.

Rob built the 12-spoke hexagonal pergola. Find out how we developed the design.

"Thank you for the free pergola plans - your site is a wealth of useful information that I am looking forward to enjoying!" 

Elaine

"What you have on this site is so great! Thank you!"

Jim. United States

"I love your website! Your entire site is incredible. I was able to get ideas for my pergola, which looks fantastic. I will be more than happy to send a photo after we stain it. I used the website recently to get ideas for climbing vines and it looks like we will be going with the trumpet vine."

Wayne

“Well done for a really useful site!”

Mike, United Kingdom. 

“I have just found your site. Excellent! Thank you for providing free information. I am currently building a pergola to connect my house to the garden, and I was a little unsure about some details concerning the rafters. I found the answers on your site...”

Sean 
Wexford, Ireland.

"Just to say thank you for the great definition of a pergola and gazebo! It´s been very useful."

Amelia, Mijas, Spain.

"Hello, neat site you got there and very helpful. " 

George.

"I did not use the plans, but I did look at design tails and I used some of the dimensions. The information was excellent. This is a really useful site and has lots of information within it. Some of the links are also handy too. Thank you!"

Harry
Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom.

"The links to the online plant suppliers were really useful. My pergola is covered in roses and clematis and looks gorgeous. Thank you for explaining how to plant the clematis and the pruning."

Claire
London, United Kingdom.

"Hello. I have found your site to be very interesting and full of ideas. I appreciate it greatly.  Now I just need the time and money to do all that I want in the garden! Thank you."

Rena.

"I would like to first thank you for such a detailed website, and to say you have been a star! I will defo send a picture when it’s complete. Fingers crossed." 

Nazia.

"What a refreshing email to find you so helpful and forthcoming with assistance. There should be more people like you in the world."

Debbie. Isle of Man, United Kingdom.

Thank you Di for the warm welcome.

I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (zone5) and I as well like to teach others to beautify their space, however, I am just a novice albeit a passionate one!

I am always looking for new DIY projects, even if I have to file them in a wish folder.

Thanks once again and very best regards from across the ocean.

Shell

"Gotta hope I am better at pergola building than computerising. Thanks again for your assistance and all your efforts on my behalf."

Bernie

"Great service, now all I have to do is build it!"

Martin

We're delighted with our lovely new corner pergola!

Nik and Helen. Shipley, West Yorkshire

Helen and Nik wrote about their pergola build experience here.

"We are very impressed by your plans and motivated to build our own pergola. We are impressed at your magnanimity in making such accurate plans freely available for everyone. We like the idea of the corner pergola which would really suit our garden needs and were wondering when plans for this might be available. Many thanks."

Gerry.  N Somerset, United Kingdom.

"Although we have not yet embarked upon our build your plans look amazingly comprehensive. I love the list of requirements. It might be nice to have an approximate idea of the costs of projects. I see you are intending putting the plans for the corner pergola on this fabulous site. Could you please tell me when the corner pergola plans will be available to purchase. I am planning to renovate my patio area this summer and your is the nicest design I have seen."

Michelle
Lancashire, United Kingdom.

"I will definitely be using the plans and building the entire project myself. I can let you have some photos at the end, or in stages if you wish, to add them to your web site. Full steam ahead. Thanks again."

Frank
United Kingdom.

"Love your corner pergola design! I have a very odd shaped area where my hot tub sits, and this triangle design just might work."

Rebecca
United States.

OK here goes.

I found Di's hexagonal pergola plan to be clear, straightforward and extremely helpful. As well as the basic layout, there are plenty of suggestions and scope provided for alternatives and additions.

Best of all, Di is brilliant at helping you if you have a query - or even a suggestion. Having now finished it, I am so pleased with my pergola (I've never built anything this large before, so although much of it was new to me, all I found I needed was basic carpentry skills, a post level and a good saw) and my family, friends and neighbours just think it is beautiful: for that I have only Di to thank.

Martin. UK

"I downloaded your template for rafter tails. It has beautiful designs."

Vela
United States.

"I'm so excited to build a Pergola and some free raised beds.

Thank you so much."

Anita USA

"Built our pergola before we found your site...would have been very helpful. But love the templates for the Rafter Tails! Using Design #5. Thanks so much."

Laura
California, United States.