A Pattern Garden | Pattern 4: Bridges

Pattern 4: Bridges

What is a pattern garden?

Why use patterns in the garden?

The 14 Patterns:

Scale

Garden rooms

Pathways

Bridges

Gates

Shelters

Borders

Patios

Sheds

Focal points

Water

Ornamentation

Containers

Materials

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Pattern 4: Bridges

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Bridges are a powerful metaphor, a symbol of connection and passage. Bridges divide and differentiate garden spaces while creating compelling focal points. They aid navigability, bring architectural elements outdoors, and serve as landings from which to view the rest of the garden. And because bridges are architectural objects with so many possibilities for color, shape, and design, they offer a sure way to enhance or confirm the style of any garden, from rustic to contemporary.

Even this simple platform bridge introduces architecture into the garden while affording safe passage across a watery bog.

Copyright ©2007 Timber Press, Inc. Text excerpts from A Pattern Garden copyright © Valerie Easton. Photographs copyright © Jacqueline Koch, except photos on Bridges, Gates, and Shelters pages copyright © Allan Mandell; and photo on Water page copyright © Richard Hartlage. All rights reserved. Posted with permission of the publisher.

<< 3: Pathways | Patterns | 5: Gates >>

Bridges are a powerful metaphor, a symbol of connection and passage. Bridges divide and differentiate garden spaces while creating compelling focal points. They aid navigability, bring architectural elements outdoors, and serve as landings from which to view the rest of the garden. And because bridges are architectural objects with so many possibilities for color, shape, and design, they offer a sure way to enhance or confirm the style of any garden, from rustic to contemporary.

Even this simple platform bridge introduces architecture into the garden while affording safe passage across a watery bog.

Copyright ©2007 Timber Press, Inc. Text excerpts from A Pattern Garden copyright © Valerie Easton. Photographs copyright © Jacqueline Koch, except photos on Bridges, Gates, and Shelters pages copyright © Allan Mandell; and photo on Water page copyright © Richard Hartlage. All rights reserved. Posted with permission of the publisher.