Posted in Greensboro Gardens, Pergolas, Recycled, tagged Antiques and Salvage Shops, bricks, D.H.Griffin, landscape companies, landscaping ideas, old world, Pergolas, recycled materials, world trade towers on June 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
If you know me, I am a big fan of recycling building materials and utilizing in a non-conventional fashion. I took a trip to D.H. Griffin and WOW, I was amazed at all of the recycled materials. The hand-made bricks really caught my eye.
I could definitely use the recycled bricks in a landscape design needing [...]
Posted in Greensboro Gardens, Greensboro Water Fountains, Landscape Design Ideas, Pergolas, tagged birds, cedar trees, focal point, Landscape Design Ideas, mothers day plants, outdoor weddings, Pergolas, recycled materials on August 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A pergola built from cedar trees cut down from a construction site was my first attempt at the art. I thought how wonderful it would be to use materials that were going to be discarded to create something beautiful and functional.
This pergola was not intended to walk under because of it’s shorter height to roughly [...]
Posted in Greensboro Gardens, Greensboro Water Fountains, Landscape Design Ideas, Memory Garden Design, Pergolas, tagged Antiques and Salvage Shops, birdhouses, Landscape Design Ideas, Memory Garden Design, memory gardens, outdoor structures, pergola on June 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Oh how I love pergolas and all of the different materials we can use to build them. This particular pergola serves as the entryway into one of my son’s memory gardens. Let’s look at all the different materials one can use in its construction.
Materials used in this pergola are:
Pressure treated wood
Salvaged brick of various colors and styles
Birdhouse [...]
Posted in Before and After, Greensboro Gardens, Pergolas, tagged cottage landscapes, focal point, Greensboro, outdoor structures, pergola, pressured treated wood, vines on March 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Pergolas are outdoor structures providing beautiful overheads or roofs for shade, vines, low-level lighting or outdoor ceiling fans constructed of wood, steel, iron or pipe creating intimacy. An arbor is smaller in size usually designed as an entryway feature within landscapes.
The pergola below was custom designed around a stone patio in a circular form.
This pergola [...]
