New Pergolas available now

There are many products to be found here at Elbec which can improve your garden, but there aren’t many as impressive as our Pergolas. Pergolas tend to pretty tall and imposing, and can really dominate an area of your garden. However our pergolas are also very attractive and relaxing underneath your pergola could quickly become your favourite spot.

The pergolas we have on offer are the Grange range of pergolas. These are all pressure treated as standard, so that your pergola will last a long time. As well as ensuring your pergola lasts a long time, pressure treatment also means that your pergola will require minimum maintenance from you.

Particularly impressive is the Grange Dragon Pergola. This pergola has a unique oriental style which will help create a calming area around a garden feature. The pergola also can provide a great support for hanging or climbing plants. Use it to create a beautiful secluded are for relaxing by yourself or with friends.

But the Grange Dragon Pergola is by no means the only great pergola worth checking out on the website. So why not pop over to the Pergola section of the Elbec website now and find the perfect pergola for your garden?

Arbours and Pergolas what is the difference?

Here at Elbec we get many calls a day enquiring about products, two in particular are Arbours and Pergolas. The main question is ‘What is the difference?’

A Pergola is a garden feature forming a shaded walk or passageway of pillars that support cross-beams. Some popular designs support a sturdy open lattice, upon which woody vines are trained.
As a type of gazebo, it may also be an extension of a building, or serve as protection for an open terrace or a link between pavilions. Today pergolas are mainly used to shade or cover outdoor areas for entertainment purposes.

An Arbour has roughly the same usage purposes as a pergola but within a smaller area. Were as pergolas are used to shelter groups of people, an arbour will have designated seats and house no more than a few. Arbours are generally designed thatched or in an oriental style. Most have a wooden lattice structures to allow vines or climbing plants to grow. As apposed to a pergola an arbour is meant to be a chosen relaxation area within a garden.

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Offers on Gazebo range ends in 5 days! Buy early to prepare for the summer and enjoy the sun in a fabulous gazebo.

But did you know any historical facts about Gazebos?

A gazebo is a pavilion structure, sometimes octagonal. Common places for Gazebos are in parks, gardens, and spacious public areas. Gazebos are freestanding or attached to a garden wall. A gazebo structure is roofed and open on all sides.A Gazebo will provide shade, shelter as well as an ornamental feature in a landscape, and a place to rest. Some gazebos in public parks are large enough to serve as bandstands or rain shelters.

Gazebos include pagodas, pavilions, kiosks, belvederes, follies, alambras, pergolas, and rotundas. Such structures are popular in warm and sunny climates. They are in the literature of China, Persia, and many other classical civilizations, going back to several millennia. The word origin of Gazebos is unknown and has no cognates in other European languages.

In contemporary England and North America gazebos are typically built of wood and covered with standard roofing materials, such as shingles. Gazebos can be tent-style structures of poles covered by tensioned fabric. Gazebos may have screens to aid in the exclusion of flying insects.