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' (common abbreviation).
'avoided' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'leapfrog' with 'f' taken out is 'leaprog'.
'leaprog' is an anagram of '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" .)