Please show me some ideas for a play area/pergola?

[749s]

Hi

At the bottom of our garden is an area I'd like to develop for my daughter - there's a large willow there that obviosly sheds it's leaves each year and also hosts a lot of pigeons and their associated excretions. For this reason I was thinking of something with a 'roof' or cover.

First thought is a pergola with netting over the top with some sort of creeper/ivy grown over it, hosting a couple of swings inside or similar.

Or perhaps a mini castle type thing but I've seen how quickly these get ignored and so don't want to devote too much time/money to something that's redundant after one summer.

ANy thoughts/pics to inspire me with would be great.

Cheers
Dave

 

[enyam]

Personally I'd go for the swing option,we had one for our daughters and hours of fun were spent there,how you keep it covered I don't know.

 

[Geometer]

Lots of ideas in this book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Garde...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330263289&sr=1-1