### Problem >Trellised walks have their own special beauty. They are so unique, so different from other ways of shaping a path, that they are almost archetypal. ### Solution >Where paths need special protection or where they need some intimacy, build a trellis over the path and plant it with climbing flowers. Use the trellis to help shape the outdoor spaces on either side of it. ### Related Patterns ... suppose the main spots of the garden have been defined - [[Outdoor Room (163)]], [[Tree Places (171)]], [[Greenhouse (175)]], [[Fruit Trees (170)]]. Now, where there is a special need to emphasize a path - [[Paths and Goals (120)]] - or, even more important, where the edges between two parts of a garden need to be marked without making a wall, an open trellised walk which can enclose space, is required. Above all, these trellised walks help to form the [[Positive Outdoor Space (106)]] in a garden or a park; and may perhaps help to form an [[Entrance Transition (112)]]. Think about the columns that support the trellis as themselves capable of creating places - seats, bird feeders - [[Column Place (226)]]. Pave the path with loosely set stones - [[Paving With Cracks Between the Stones (247)]] - Use climbing plants and a fine trellis work to create the special quality of soft, filtered light underneath the trellis - [[Filtered Light (238)]], [[Climbing Plants (246)]] ... --- > [!cite]- Alexander, Christopher. _A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction_. Oxford University Press, 1977, p. 809. > #APL/confidence/high > > #APL/Building-Patterns/Gardens