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