Garden style and design
The design of a garden is clearly influenced by one’s personal ideas. Some may favor a more formal style of garden, using plants that are not local to the location, along with detailed things such as figurines, fountains, benches etc. These gardens are usually ‘geometric’ in their plan, with obvious straight lines, normal curves and symmetrical balance. Different people may prefer a more normal look and feel for their garden, using many more original plants and things like the rocks and stone naturally available in the region.
According to the extent of your garden, you could even combine the two styles. This can be achieved by incorporating the formal style close to the house and steadily shifting to the informal pattern further away. It all depends upon personal taste. Just bear in mind nonetheless, that ‘nature’ had the first say. The famous English poet of the 18th century, Alexander Pope, who once studied plants and design of gardens, wrote the given words in his poem ‘On Garden Design’. “To swell the terrace, or to sink the grot; In all, let nature never be forgot”.
Well then, get out your graph book and pencil and start designing your rudimentary plan. In subsequent writings, we can concentrate more at the characteristic aspects to integrate in your garden.