Traditional Style English Garden Design

His work is a good barometer of style because it unites the english tapestry tradition of intense herbaceous border design in the tradition of gertrude jekyll and the arts and crafts movement with the influx of new naturalistic and ecological planting ideas from holland and germany the so called new wave planting movement with its swaying drifts of grasses and tall perennials arrayed in naturalistic fashion particularly impressive in late summer and early autumn.

Traditional style english garden design. The fountain provides a strong focal point close to the house while the bright green acer palmatum dissectum seiryu laceleaf japanese maple on the other side of the path draws one s eye toward the gate. The overall effect is artless romantic and unstructured. A contemporary english garden offers a reflection of the past in hertfordshire england traditional influences and materials create a garden in harmony with its history q a with english garden designer sarah price english garden designer sarah price brings a subtle artistry to planting design that belies her gardens underlying very british hardiness.

Dripping with roses overflowing with clematis vines bunches of daisies pinks and spikes of delphiniums is the picture in our mind s eye. Slanting light gleaming through the trees. In the 18th century a desire to sweep away strict geometric features led to a new style of english garden with a more natural look the english landscape garden.

Black says that using the same plant along both sides of a long path is a technique to create structure that in a traditional english garden might be achieved with boxwood buxus sempervirens. Certain plants are typical of this type of garden. Of course you ll have to make some adjustments to ensure that all of your plants have access to sunlight and aren t too crowded but in general it s best not to overthink a garden like this one and instead to opt for an organic free flowing plan.

An english cottage garden has a distinct style an informal design densely planted with paths and hard structures constructed from traditional building materials. The english landscape garden style. The cottage garden is probably the favorite variation of the english style garden.

An english style garden can transform your backyard into a peaceful retreat with raised beds garden paths picket fencing fountains more. Jenny uglow explains how the style was born.