If your garden seems lacking, but you're not quite sure how, then maybe it's too flat, or too open, or both? The slow solution is to plant trees and shrubs; the instant option is to put in structures. You can still plant alongside them, but you'll have the benefits now, with the growing promise of flowers and foliage increasing year by year.

Trellises provide partitions, arches invite exploration, and arbours tempt you to pause awhile in private. Additionally, each provide that all-important height to give an element of maturity to any garden, while channelling the gaze and leading the feet.