Garden features

Stairs are a structure designed to bridge a large vertical distance between lower and higher levels by dividing it into smaller vertical distances. This is achieved as a diagonal series of horizontal platforms called steps which enable passage to the other level by stepping from one to another step in turn. Steps are very typically rectangular, but may instead be straight, curved, or may consist of two or more straight pieces connected at angles.

right|thumb|Victoria amazonica (giant Amazon waterlilies) in a large greenhouse at the [[Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden]] A greenhouse is a structure that is designed to regulate the temperature and humidity of the environment inside. There are different types of greenhouses, but they all have large areas covered with transparent materials that let sunlight pass and block it as heat. The most common materials used in modern greenhouses for walls and roofs are rigid plastic made of polycarbonate, plastic film made of polyethylene, or glass panes. When the inside of a greenhouse is exposed to

excavation or containment structure filled with water and used for swimming

thumb|The Lawn at the [[University of Virginia, facing south]] thumb|The lawn of a small Summer house|summerhouse thumb|A croquet lawn at a club in [[Edinburgh, Scotland]] thumb|San Francisco Botanical Garden lawn, United States

group of iron-carbon alloys

piece of furniture on which several people may sit at the same time

thumb|Gate from Bucharest (Romania) thumb|right|Art Nouveau gate of [[Castel Béranger (Paris)]] thumb|Candi bentar, a typical [[Indonesian gate that is often found on the islands of Java and Bali]]

thumb|One of the two Luxor Obelisks, on the [[Place de la Concorde in Paris; a red granite monolithic column, high, including the base, which weighs over .]] thumb|Lateran Obelisk in Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano, [[Rome. With its height of (with the base and the cross it reaches 45.70 m) it is the largest standing ancient monolithic obelisk in the world.]]

A balcony (from , "scaffold") is a platform that typically projects from the wall of a building, supported by columns or console brackets, and enclosed with a balustrade, usually above the ground floor. They are commonly found on multi-level houses, apartments and buildings.

thumb|right|240 px|A typical clipped European beech hedge in the [[Eifel, Germany]] thumb|right|240px|A round hedge of creeping groundsel

thumb|Acropolis of Athens illuminated at night thumb|Illuminated cherry blossoms, light from the shop windows, and Japanese lantern at night in Ise, Mie, Japan

thumb|Silver coin from Knossos displaying the 7-course "Classical" design to represent the Labyrinth,

thumb|upright=1.35|Meat being barbecued at The Salt Lick restaurant

thumb|Fleur-de-lis thumb|Arms of the Kings of France blazoned Azure, three fleurs-de-lis or The fleur-de-lis, also spelled fleur-de-lys (plural fleurs-de-lis or fleurs-de-lys), is a common heraldic charge in the (stylized) shape of a lily (in French, and mean and respectively). Most notably, the fleur-de-lis is depicted on multiple flags of Quebec and on the traditional coat of arms of France that was used from the High Middle Ages until the French Revolution in 1792, and then again in brief periods in the 19th century. This design still represents France and the House of Bourbon in the form o

thumb|right|Japanese-style gazebo in the Moscow Botanical Garden of Academy of Sciences thumb|upright=1.4|The Victorian architecture|Victorian-style bandstand gazebo at Fellows Riverside Gardens at [[Mill Creek Park, Youngstown, Ohio]] A gazebo is a pavilion structure, sometimes octagonal or turret-shaped, often built in a park, garden, or spacious public area. Some are used on occasions as bandstands.

thumb|Rose Pergola at Kew Gardens, London|alt=A open-topped passageway of brick pillars and wooden beams with roses growing around in a garden setting under a blue sky with fluffy clouds

In architecture, a corbel is a structural piece of stone, wood or metal keyed into and projecting from a wall to carry a bearing weight, a type of bracket. A corbel is a solid piece of material in the wall, whereas a console is a piece applied to the structure. A piece of timber projecting in the same way was called a "tassel" or a "bragger" in England. thumb|An interior look at the roof of a corbelled house in South Africa The technique of corbelling, where rows of corbels deeply keyed inside a wall support a projecting wall or parapet, has been used since Neolithic (New Stone Age) times. It

thumb|This Balancing rock|balancing boulder, "[[Balanced Rock", stands in Garden of the Gods park in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States.]] thumb|Boulder in British Columbia, Canada thumb|Kämmenkivi stone on the Pisa hill in Kuopio, Finland thumb|Balanced granite boulders at Hyderabad, India In geology, a boulder is a rock fragment with size greater than in diameter. Smaller pieces are called cobbles and pebbles. While a boulder may be small enough to move or roll manually, others are extremely massive. In common usage, a boulder is too large for a person to move. Smaller boulders are us

thumb|upright=1.35|A hedge maze at [[Longleat stately home in England]]

platform or building constructed around, next to or among the trunk or branches of one or more mature trees while above ground level

space separate from the rest of the residential garden

thumb|260px|A marble pavilion, Red Fort, Delhi In architecture, pavilion has several meanings; It may be a subsidiary building that is either positioned separately or as an attachment to a main building. Often it is associated with pleasure. In palaces and traditional mansions of Asia, there may be pavilions that are either freestanding or connected by covered walkways, as in the Forbidden City (Chinese pavilions), Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, and in Mughal buildings like the Red Fort. As part of a large palace, pavilions may be symmetrically placed building blocks that flank (appear to join

roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium, planted over a waterproofing membrane.

thumb|upright|Illustration of various examples of balusters, in A Handbook of Ornament, by Franz S. Meyer thumb|upright|The term derives from the swelling form of the half-open flower of Punica granatum, in Italian balaustra

mortarless masonry method

thumb|Women heading to market across a footbridge in Nahulingo, El Salvador thumb|A footbridge in Shaharah District, Yemen A footbridge (also a pedestrian bridge, pedestrian overpass, or pedestrian overcrossing) is a bridge designed solely for pedestrians. While the primary meaning for a bridge is a structure which links "two points at a height above the ground", a footbridge can also be a lower structure, such as a boardwalk, that enables pedestrians to cross wet, fragile, or marshy land. Bridges range from stepping stones–possibly the earliest man-made structure to "bridge" water–to elaborat

wide, straight, usually tree-lined road or approach

right|thumb|A rural shed right|thumb|Modern secure bike sheds right|thumb|A garden shed with a gambrel roof

device for barbecueing or grilling

small group of trees

thumb|300px|A modern handrail made of metal

thumb|A patio outside of a home in the Netherlands

thumb|280px|The Jerash nymphaeum

large tub or small pool

shock barrier to contain animals or people

architectural element

stone, wood or tile structure which can serve as floor; pavement type with solid blocks

thumb|upright=1.4|right|Conservation and restoration of historic gardens|Restoration work on a parterre en broderie at [[Wrest Park, England]] thumb|upright=1.4|The palace at Oranienbaum, Russia, parterre en broderie with six colours of mineral base, and red flowers. thumb|upright=1.4|Cutwork parterre with only grass and gravels, at the Peterhof Palace in Russia thumb|upright=1.4|Victorian parterre at Waddesdon Manor (2016)

thumb|Exedra of Pamphilidas, Acropolis of Lindos, Rhodes, Greece thumb|right|The foundations and partial floor of a late Roman villa. The floored part is the exedra. The rest of the floor has deteriorated and is missing, with only parts of the [[hypocaust columns remaining. Hot air circulated through the hypocaust to heat the house.]] An exedra (: exedras or exedrae) is a semicircular architectural recess or platform, sometimes crowned by a semi-dome, and either set into a building's façade or free-standing. The original Greek word ('a seat out of doors') was applied to a room that opened onto

form of building greening

thumb|A deckchair A deckchair (or deck chair) is a simple folding chair, usually with a folding frame and a single strip of canvas as the seat and back(backrest). Deckchairs are usually used on a ship deck, on the beach, or in the garden.

water feature found in gardens, parks, and at memorial sites, consists of a shallow pool of water, undisturbed by fountain jets, for a reflective surface

thumb|Footpath inside the Kangla Fort, [[Imphal]] thumb|upright|Footpath through the forest in Brastad, Sweden

thumb|upright=1.8|The Gloriette in the Schönbrunn Palace Garden, Vienna, Austria A gloriette (from the 12th-century French meaning "little room") is a building in a garden erected on a site that is elevated with respect to the surroundings. The structural execution and shape can vary greatly, often in the form of a pavilion or tempietto, more or less open on the sides.

thumb|Dry stone|Dry ashlar masonry laid in parallel courses on an Inca wall at [[Machu Picchu]] thumb|Ashlar masonry north gable of Banbury Town Hall, Oxfordshire thumb|quarry-faced stone|Quarry-faced red Longmeadow sandstone in random ashlar was specified by architect [[Henry Hobson Richardson for the North Congregational Church (Springfield, Massachusetts, 1871).]]

thumb|upright|Schematic plan of a monopteros A monopteros (Ancient Greek: , from: μόνος, 'only, single, alone', and , 'wing'), also called a monopteron or cyclostyle, is a circular colonnade supporting a roof but without any walls. Unlike a tholos (in its wider sense as a circular building), it does not have walls making a cella or room inside. In Greek and especially Roman antiquity, the term could also be used for a tholos. In ancient times, monopteroi (Ancient Greek: ) served among other things as a form of baldachin for a cult image. An example of this is the Monument of Lysicrates in Athe

thumb|Comparison of a ha-ha (top) and a regular wall (bottom). Both walls prevent access, but one does not block the view looking outward.

__NOTOC__ thumb|Mashrabiya screen on display at the [[British Museum]] Latticework is an openwork framework consisting of a criss-crossed pattern of strips of building material, typically wood or metal. The design is created by crossing the strips to form a grid or weave. Latticework may be functional – for example, to allow airflow to or through an area; structural, as a truss in a lattice girder; used to add privacy, as through a lattice screen; purely decorative; or some combination of these.

travel path created by use, usually representing the shortest or most easily navigated route

architectural structure, usually made from an open framework or lattice of interwoven or intersecting pieces of wood, bamboo or metal that is normally made to support and display climbing plants, especially shrubs

receptacle or construction to supply bird food to birds

mailbox or slot into which incoming mail can be delivered

type of water body with species of aquatic plant

a set of stones used as a crossing point

right|thumbnail|Carport in front of garagesthumb|One example of the many common types of modern carports sold on the market. This particular one is a stand-alone model. thumb|right|Carport in Japan A carport is a covered structure used to offer limited protection to vehicles, primarily cars, from rain and snow. The structure can either be free standing or attached to a wall. Unlike most structures, a carport does not have four walls, and usually has one or two. Carports offer less protection than garages but allow for more ventilation. In particular, a carport prevents frost on the windshield.

thumb|Jo-an is a chashitsu (tea house) and inscribed as a National Treasure. thumb| in its garden setting, Itsuku-shima, Chashitsu (, 'tea room') in Japanese tradition is an architectural space designed to be used for tea ceremony (chanoyu) gatherings.

thumb|A metro ventilation grating in Lisbon

thumb|right|A downslope view of part of the erosion|eroding rill network from [[County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. See below for a close-up view of a single rill]] In hillslope geomorphology, a rill is a shallow channel (no more than a few inches/centimeters deep) cut into soil by the erosive action of flowing surface water. Similar but smaller incised channels are known as microrills; larger incised channels are known as gullies.

pedestrian door or gate, particularly one built into a larger door or into a wall or fence

thumb|Portage Park (Chicago)|Portage Park in [[Chicago is known for its flagstone decorations.]]