Top 5 Pergola Styles in New Zealand

Done right, installing a pergola structure could effectively create another room in your house. It’s an opportunity to utilise Zones Landscaping Specialists design flair to bring your backyard to life.

While there are many different types in the market, it will pay to check that the Pergola you choose is backed by warranties and after-sales service.

1. Opening Louvre Roof Pergola

Argueably the most stylish option of all pergola systems, the opening Louvre Roof Pergola will create resort-style luxury at home, the Eclipse Opening Roof systems can block the heat out by simply closing the roof or opening it slightly for shaded ventilation. You are in control of how much sunlight or shade you would like in your outdoor living space.

See how Zones turned this under-utilised area into a dreamscape in Auckland.

Opening Louvre Roof Pergola 

The Eclipse Opening Roof Range and Sun Louvre System provide a reliable and stylish option to enhance the outdoor living areas.

2. Pergola with Translucent Roofing

A pergola with translucent roofing is a structure that features translucent roofing material, allowing sunlight to pass through while providing shade and protection from the elements. A pergola with translucent roofing can be a beautiful and functional addition to any outdoor space.

See how the Zones Landscaping Rodney team transformed this outdoor area, creating a smart and stylish, and practical landscape.

Pergola with Translucent Roofing

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3. Pitched Pergola

Pitched Pergolas slope downward on one end - these type of Pergolas tend to be attached on one end. Attaching a pitched pergola to your home could create the feeling of extended living space and more seamless indoor-outdoor flow.

Pitched Pergola

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4. Gabled Pergola

Installing a gabled pergola will enable you to create an outdoor living space that enhances the feeling of being indoors but with the benefit of being outdoors. They also work well as a carport solution. 

A Gabled Pergola designed and installed by our team of landscaping specialists in Christchurch

5. Open-Top Pergola

Open-top Pergola designs are proving very popular in New Zealand, particularly around spa pools. They provide the feeling of comfort of being in a room or protected space, but still, allow for natural light and a breeze to a path through unobstructed. You could ask your Zones Landscape Designer the cost for an outdoor covering and to install pegs to assist with the growth of climbing plants like roses or vines that in time could create a beautiful natural canopy.

Open-Top Pergola built using Macrocarpa by Judd Stratful and his team of landscaping specialists

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