I wonder why your post didn't stay at the top. I guess I'll bump it back up.

*** I'd love to be able to sit in my rose garden in the rain.

Sounds wonderful!

Sherry

Carrie, the first thing I thought of when I saw your post was the pergola that Phillip in Alabama built. It certainly could be adapted to what you want. I think we may copy a version of his idea in the new garden out back. He has such a beautiful plan to his landscape.

Here is a link that might be useful: Garden structure

I've found a lot of help by looking at gardening books at the library. I know our library has several books on garden structures.

Carrie, you could google images of gazebos, garden houses, etc and wade through the tons of photos that come up.

Sherry

I was thinking gazebo. Of course, you don't have to have a huge one. You can have a smaller one, more galley kitchen like than rounded but that would certainly keep you dry overhead. Let us know what you decide to do.

I am always interested in garden structures so googled and found this site named www.gardenstructures.com

They sell plans. I don't know squat about them, but the pics are fun to look at. Tell us what you wind up doing and as Miz Pat says, snaps, snaps, we want to see snaps.

Phillip's structure must be awfully good because I've remembered it after years. I'm trying to remember how to get to Carolyn Parker's montage of Anne Beloviche's garden. It might be rosesfromatoz.com/anne. Her husband built the most wonderful structures all over the garden for her ramblers. Maybe you can google it somehow.