Garden patio ideas

Patio areas are meant for entertaining but they can become heat traps, making it an uncomfortably hot environment for you and your guests. Plus, they’re completely exposed if the great British weather decides it wants to rain on your lunch party.

Broadview’s pergolas are sleek and modern. With automatic louvred roofs, they can open and close on demand, providing you with cooling shade and shelter from the rain. With the option to add stylish heaters, LED lights, and integrated screens to shelter you from a chilly breeze, they’re the perfect patio upgrade.

Grey slabs are the go-to building material for many people, but brick paving is a great alternative, bringing an edginess to your back garden.

Combined with stylish garden furniture and framed with a bushy boarder, it helps to create a calm oasis where you can sit back, relax, and enjoy a glass of your favourite tipple.

Naturally, a patio like this lends itself to a Broadview pergola, with the sleek, contemporary frame, remote-operated louvred roof, and super-smooth ZIP screens ensuring your patio area is the perfect place to host your guests next summer.

Once you’ve built your patio, it’s time to decorate it – you want it be an attractive place to sit!

While furniture is one way to break up the brick work, plant pots are perfect for giving your patio a kick of colour that’ll have it looking pride of place in your garden.

Your patio’s sunny position and option to put specialist soil in your pots means you have the freedom to choose some really exotic plants – really giving your patio the wow factor.

Thanks to the materials used to create garden furniture, you can now find some really homely pieces that look trendy and withstand the great British weather.

But patio areas aren’t just about having a place to eat and drink in the garden. They’re a place to relax and rewind, too, which is why we love what the owners of this garden have done with their patio area.

Wicker furniture, a robust swing chair, and a rug that can be quickly picked up and put away when it starts to rain really turn this patio area into the ideal zen zone for a spot of yoga or relaxing with your current read.

Whether you weave them through a trellised fence, your pergola’s frame, or around the branches of a nearby tree, fairy lights are a fantastic way to create that cosy, intimate feel.

Coming in all shapes and sizes, you can buy fairylights that are suitable for outside use – and you can even purchase ones that are solar powered if you’re savvy about your electricity spend.

At Broadview, our pergolas can come integrated with LED lights, creating that warm and cosy feel without the need to get creative with your outside area. Paired with modern heaters, you and your guests can comfortably enjoy a dinner party well into the evening.