Articles related to "Formal Garden"



Tradition and Styles of Landscape Design
A synopsis of western garden styles from antiquity to modern times with emphasis on the formal versus informal design concepts.
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Formal Gardens
A history of Europe's formal gardens.
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Gardening Dictator-Style: Tacky Live Stuff
It's not nice to rule Mother Nature
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Gardens - Call Them Like You See Them
What's in a name? A lot - because what you call your garden style may deeply affect the way people view it. At the least it will affect how you see it and how much enjoyment you get from it. Let's look at what's in a name and what it says both about us and our gardens.
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Gardens of the World
A review of the video <i>Gardens of the World</i>
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Herb Gardens
Ideas for designing herb gardens
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Here's Looking at You, Kid: Focal Points in the Garden
A cottage garden without a strong focal point is like Bogart without Bacall, the Mona Lisa without her smile, or Florida without its Crackers.
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Knock Off the Old Knot Garden? NOT!
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Middleton Place Garden
The 18th Century formal garden at Middleton Place
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Moonlit Formal Gardens
Formal gardens are ideal Moon gardens.
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Thoughts About Formal Gardens
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Can This Garden/Marriage Be Saved?
Garden with a partner and you have to develop strategies for coping and compromise.
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Do It With Style!
State your style. Formal, or natural-there is a pond for you.
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English Landscape Gardens in the 1700s: The History of English Garden Design from Classical to Natural Style
The English landscape gardens of the eighteenth century are probably the country's greatest contribution to the visual arts.
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Flower Garden Style
What is your flower garden style? Is your flower garden informal or formal? Does it look the way you want? What if your flower garden looks like a terrible mistake!
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Planning Your Vegetable Garden
In this article I describe the basics of how to plan out your vegetable garden. I cover, breifly, placement of vegetables, styles, and various themes one can try. This is mostly for the novice gardener who is just beginning to garden and is not sure where to start.
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Planting In Patterns Part Two
More tips and techniques for planting flowers in a formal pattern, such as planting staggered rows. And, just how precisely should you plant?
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Pruning Boxwood
Boxwood, like many other shrubs that make good hedges, needs to be pruned to keep its good look.
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SPACE SAVING APPLE TREES
Modern space saving apple varieties are ideal for today's small gardens.
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THE INTERNATIONAL PEACE GARDEN
In 1928, Ontario horticulturist Dr. Henry Moore, dreamed of creating a garden along the International border between the United States and Canada. The International Peace Garden is definitely a gift of nature.
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A Glimpse of the Gardens of Lawrence Park
Here's a sneak preview of some of the gardens of Lawrence Park featured on the 2002 Through the Garden Gate tour sponsored by the Civic Garden Centre.
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HOLIDAY GIFTBOOKS FOR GARDENERS
Whatever the gardener's interest, there's a book that makes the perfect holiday gift.
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How to Landscape with Boulders
Designing the formal garden is not a trend of the past, but more often landscape designers are shifting to low maintenance garden plans.
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Italy’s Bardolino Wine Trail
Stop at a cantina or enoteca or visit the wine museum on a tasting tour of the wineries in the Veneto, near Verona.
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The Well Trained Herb
Casual Fridays are becoming a thing of the past. Apparently, some employees were showing up for work in flop flops and the like. Plants can hardly be accused of fashion crimes, but nonetheless, formally trained plants are becoming increasingly popular. A number of herbs and other plants are available as topiaries and standards.
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What's hot at the Chelsea Flower Show
Held each year in May, this year's Chelsea Flower Show featured 16 show gardens and 28 courtyard gardens -- all under the sunny skies shining down on the grounds of Chelsea Hospital and Ranelagh Gardens in London.
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Winter Topiary Gardens
From the ancient yew sculptures of Cumbria's Levens Hall to the long rippling hedges of London's Thames Barrier Park, we explore Britain's best winter topiary gardens
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