Playing leapfrog, female avoided garden feature (7)
I believe the answer is:
pergola
'garden feature' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'playing leapfrog female avoided' is the wordplay.
'playing' indicates an anagram.
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'avoided' suggests deleting specific letters.
'leapfrog' with 'f' removed is 'leaprog'.
'leaprog' anagrammed gives 'PERGOLA'.
(Other definitions for pergola that I've seen before include "Framework for climbers" , "Arch for climbing plants" , "Arch for garden plants" , "Trellis for climbing plants" , "Horizontal trellis" .)