Classic Garden Design Idea

Source of your classic garden inspiration!

Proving that elegance and simplicity never go out of style, classic gardens are all about symmetry and balance. They can be very formal, with strong architectural features, or they can be somewhat softer and more lavishly floral. It is the ideal landscape complement for colonial, Italian and French inspired architecture. Whether achieved on a small scale or a grand one, the bold symmetry and crisp forms of the classic garden are powerful tools in any designer’s hands.

Classic garden plants are divided into two main groups: those with strong architectural form, and those with softer lush appearance and lavish flowers. Evergreen standards, columnar trees such as Cypress and Yew, and Boxwood hedging materials are all signatures of the style. The Rose, Peony and Tulip each represent a different aspect of this strong floral legacy. Pot can be used like portable sculptures and moved around the garden. Monrovia offers topiary spirals, single and multi-branched, tiered pompoms, tear drops, globes, cones, cubes and more.

There are seven important elements in classic garden you have to pay attention to, as follow:

(1) Urns in many forms have been a part of these gardens since their original use in ancient Roman households. From elegant relief to slender and plain, they are the quintessential container for everything formal and European.

(2) Perfectly square, white, black or dark green and slightly footed, these are the uniquely French creation for standard patio tree topiary. Used as a cachepot for standard nursery containers, they become the essential corner piece or repeating element in the formal garden.

(3) Whether simple Doric, classic Ionic, or fussy Corinthian, the stone column is the most distinguishing element in ancient architecture. As freestanding art, to support arbors and pergolas or in conjunction with elegant gateways, contemporary stone or concrete columns say classic like nothing else.

(4) Finely worked lath is quite French in its applications on freestanding fence-like screens or against existing walls and buildings.

(5) Found in chateaux and villas from Britain to the Mediterranean, this is the choice surfacing material of Europe. Bound by granite or brick, these walks, drives and terraces are the only surface that will “crunch” when you cross it. This material is both inexpensive and versatile.

(6) Dating back to the sundials of ancient Egypt brought to Italy by the Romans, these age-old forms are essential garden decoration. Most often used in parterres and pot compositions, wood, iron or stone obelisks are a bold architectural element for classical gardens

(7) What Roman engineering started, the French brought to the pinnacle of fluid design. Classical fountains remain vital to these gardens as focal points and to bring animation to the very staid nature of the rigid planting structures.

There are certain distinctions in classic garden designs that you’ll notice in this gallery. From the gorgeous varied arrangement of the plants, stones, flowers, pots, and fountains to the place where the garden be located you will see in this collection. The designs today has really evolved where there are already too many options to choose from to make your garden look more stunning with its classical style. Take a look and be amazed!