Garden StylesGarden Styles
Knot Gardens , Landscape Knot Gardens , Landscape Gardens and Cottage GardensGardens and Cottage Gardens
Knot GardenKnot Garden
Knot gardens were Knot gardens were popular in the popular in the Tudor periodTudor period
They were often They were often designed to be designed to be viewed from aboveviewed from above
Knot GardenKnot Garden
Typical of the Typical of the Elizabethan period Elizabethan period this is a Lovers’ this is a Lovers’ Knot designKnot design
It was popular in It was popular in the gardens of the gardens of newly wedsnewly weds
Knot GardenKnot Garden
Here the design is Here the design is laid out using laid out using herbs including herbs including sage (sage (SalviaSalvia officinalisofficinalis) and ) and cotton lavender cotton lavender ((SantolinaSantolina))
Knot GardenKnot Garden
In this design the In this design the spaces between the spaces between the plants are filled with plants are filled with coloured gravel.coloured gravel.
In Tudor times In Tudor times materials such as materials such as cockle and mussel cockle and mussel shells were shells were sometimes usedsometimes used
Contemporary design for knot Contemporary design for knot gardengarden
Here low growing Here low growing shrubs such as box shrubs such as box ((BuxusBuxus) and ) and Berberis thunbergii Berberis thunbergii are laid out in an are laid out in an interlocking designinterlocking design
Regular clipping is Regular clipping is required to keep the required to keep the design looking gooddesign looking good
English Landscape GardenEnglish Landscape Garden
Castle Howard in Castle Howard in Yorkshire shows Yorkshire shows the contrast in the the contrast in the formal parterre in formal parterre in front of the house front of the house and the landscape and the landscape gardens behindgardens behind
StourheadStourhead
Temples were Temples were popular additions popular additions to landscape to landscape gardensgardens
StourheadStourhead
Palladian bridgePalladian bridge Inspired by the Inspired by the
classical building classical building style of the Italian style of the Italian Renaissance Renaissance architect Andrea architect Andrea PalladioPalladio
StoweStowe
Artificial ruins gave Artificial ruins gave a romantic feela romantic feel
Cottage GardenCottage Garden
In this distinctive In this distinctive style dense informal style dense informal planting combines planting combines with traditional with traditional materials and a materials and a mixture of mixture of ornamental and ornamental and edible and edible and medicinal plantsmedicinal plants
Cottage Garden Cottage Garden
Traditional fencing Traditional fencing of split oakof split oak
Planting spilling Planting spilling over the pathover the path
Cottage GardenCottage Garden
Appropriate choice Appropriate choice of furnitureof furniture
Mix of ornamental Mix of ornamental and edible plantsand edible plants
Cottage GardenCottage Garden
Roses and Roses and WisteriaWisteria scramble up and scramble up and over the roofover the roof
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