In this video I walk through every step of building a custom pergola and outdoor dining space completely from scratch — including excavation, post-setting, carpentry, paving, and a hand-designed planting plan.
⏱ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 — Introduction & finished result
0:55 — Planning & marking out the area
1:40 — Excavation
2:30 — Setting the pergola posts in concrete
3:45 — Base layers & gravel
4:20 — Laying the paving slabs
5:30 — Privacy screen & trellises
7:30 — The planting plan (roses, peonies, viburnum, hydrangea)
16:00 — The finished result
16:50 — Outro & tips
🌹 PLANTS USED IN THIS PROJECT
• Rosa helenae 'Hybrida' — Rambler rose, white, strong honey scent, 4–7m, flowers July
• Rosa helenae 'Lykkefund' — Rambler rose, cream-white, nearly thornless, 4–7m, flowers July
• Paeonia lactiflora 'Sarah Bernhardt' — Pink peony, fragrant, 90–100cm, flowers June
• Paeonia lactiflora 'Duchesse de Nemours' — White peony, lily-of-the-valley scent, 90cm, flowers June–July
• Viburnum carlesii 'Diana' — Scented viburnum, cinnamon fragrance, spring flowering, 2m
• Hydrangea paniculata 'Groundbreaker® Ruby' — Compact panicle hydrangea, white to deep ruby, 30–40cm, 100 days of bloom
🪵 MATERIALS
• Pressure-treated timber posts and beams
• Large-format grey paving slabs
• Compacted hardcore + sharp sand base
• Compost for soil improvement
• Bark mulch for planting beds
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