{"id":272645,"date":"2026-06-14T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/sorry-gazebos-this-parasol-tree-is-better-for-shade-and-privacy\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T05:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T09:40:12","slug":"sorry-gazebos-this-parasol-tree-is-better-for-shade-and-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/sorry-gazebos-this-parasol-tree-is-better-for-shade-and-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sorry Gazebos, This ‘Parasol Tree’ Is Better for Shade and Privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sorry Gazebos, This ‘Parasol Tree’ Is Better for Shade and Privacy<\/a><\/p>\n

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Don’t get me wrong, I totally understand the need for structures in your garden like pergolas and gazebos. They bring height, for one, and also give you the opportunity to introduce shade, cover from the elements, and screen from your neighbors’ upstairs windows. Don’t you just hate being overlooked when you’re trying to have a nice al fresco dinner?<\/p>\n

However, it’s a rare gazebo that I ever think really feels at home in a garden, especially when the big garden trends of this year are all about more naturalistic, wild spaces.<\/p>\n

I’m into the idea of climbing plants encompassing a garden structure, but as I was admiring one particular garden from design studio Woodhouse & Law, I spotted that in place of having to opt for manmade structures, the designers had created a canopy of trees to create garden screening that is so much more magical than building a pergola.<\/p>\n

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It’s not something I see too often in gardens, and I wasn’t even really sure what to call it. It almost looks like pleaching on a vertical plane, but as Nick Woodhouse, Creative Director of Gardens at Woodhouse & Law tells me: “This particular type of trained tree form, with its tall, clear stem and a flat, horizontal canopy, takes on a number of names, from tabletop, to rooftop to parasol tree.”<\/p>\n

Intrigued as I am? I asked Nick to give us the lowdown on this style of tree and how to recreate the look of this garden.<\/p>\n


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In this design, a central walkway is covered by the trees, with areas to sit, too. <\/p>\n

(Image credit: Woodhouse & Law)<\/p>\n

Similarly to pleaching, with parasol trees, “Branches are traditionally trained horizontally over a bamboo or wire frame, with the central leader removed to promote lateral, flat growth,” explains Nick.<\/p>\n

To give you some context if you’re not down with the gardening terminology, basically, the central leader is the main stem or trunk of the tree that grows vertically straight up,…<\/p>\n

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