trellis

A plant-covered trellis, known as “the hanging garden,” provides a more compressed moment of pause.

These sections call for fire-rated exterior doors and stringent guidelines on outdoor features such as decks and trellises.

And many people have gotten creative with containers, growing tomatoes and lemon trees in pots or supported by trellises, strawberries in hanging baskets and even wildflowers in wide containers.

Perea also likes the idea of growing native Roger’s Red grapes on trellises in large containers to provide summer greenery, fall color when the leaves turn red and gold, and sculptural vines in the winter.

“Instead of putting up a trellis where plants climb up, we thought ‘Why don’t we plant it on top and have it climb down,’ ” Johnsen said.