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Using height
Tall features aren't just for hiding eyesores. By stretching the garden upwards they give you a third dimension on which to grow climbing plants and position features you wouldn't otherwise have had room for. You can virtually double your garden area by growing upwards.
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Pergola
A pergola looks dramatic, it's a good way to connect different areas of a garden - more interesting than a plain path - and it gives you places to grow lots of climbers when you don't have much wall space.
A pergola is also a handy way of dividing a garden up into different areas, and introducing privacy, or screening off areas to add a sense of surprise or secrecy.
It's also a great way to blot out the supermarket car park next door or rows of pylons in the distance.
Large, long-lived climbers can be left to form a spectacular display, covering the pergola. Good ones to try include vines, large species of clematis, climbing roses and honeysuckles. Scented plants, such as jasmine or Trachelospermum asiaticum, are especially good if you'll be walking underneath the pergola.
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Willow hurdles
Willow structures have a cosy back-to-nature feel that make them good for natural gardens. You can find willow arches and plant supports, but best known are the tall, woven willow fence panels, which are ideal for fencing or making natural effect screens or arbours. You can also fix them to the walls of an ugly old shed or to post and rail fencing for a new look, while providing a foothold for climbing plants.
Use willow structures for growing annual climbers that won't overwhelm them, such as climbing nasturtiums, eccremocarpus Tropaeolum peregrinum, sweet peas and morning glory.
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