[woodknots]

I don't think you did a very good job carving out the plants and shrubs - they kinda look fake - but the rest of the project is A-one - great looking set up.
Ok just kidding on the plants, but you probably knew that.

One question, though - how did you anchor the supports for the pergola? I see a metal angle at the bottom, but it looks like the supports are raised. I just finished making a couple of planter boxes for my daughter which she wants incorporated into a privacy screen - it will be at the end of her driveway leading into the back yard, but will be on pavement. My thought was to use the two planter boxes and attach a frame of 2x2 with some lattice, 6 feet x 6 feet to the planters and hope that the planters keep the structure from falling over. The planter boxes are quite heavy, even before putting in a 12" pot filled with soil and plants.

 

[woodknots]

Bob - with your description I understand what you've done. I was seeing something dark and it looked like it was some sort of bar running up through the center of the posts but I see now that it is a shadow and the back side of the far bracket - if I'm correct, each post has two brackets holding it off the ground.

So, are those ceramic tiles and the brackets are screwed into them? Isn't there a possibility that any shifting of the posts would pull the tiles up? Not sure what your winds are like there, but here I'd be worried that any wind would blow the structure sideways and lift the tiles up. Perhaps I'm misreading the application.

BTW, my mention of the plants was a feeble attempt at humour - I didn't realize they were fake - but the one in the right corner looks really good!!! :wink::laugh2: