| There are many different types of gardens. So | | | | rocks, water in the form of a brook or a lake, a |
| many that it might seem daunting to try and | | | | lantern somewhere in the garden, and a bridge or |
| figure out which type of garden you want to | | | | stepping stones. |
| plant. Let's start with the most basic two types | | | | 4) French Garden |
| of gardens: Flower and Vegetable. Those are | | | | French gardens are always formal and are usually |
| pretty self-explanatory right? Of course they are. | | | | the type of gardens found at large houses, hotels, |
| Then it gets tricky. Here is a brief overview of | | | | theatres, and other attractions. French gardens |
| some of the most popular types of gardens that | | | | are laid out in precise geometrical and symmetrical |
| you can choose, but remember that the only real | | | | patterns that follow a grid. Many French gardens |
| limit to the type of the garden you can create is | | | | have hedge mazes and topiaries, or plants and |
| your own imagination. | | | | hedges cut to resemble animals, people, or |
| 1) English Country Garden | | | | shapes. French formal gardens were very popular |
| English Country gardens are very popular with | | | | landscape designs used frequently by the English |
| people of European descent and fans of the | | | | nobility to dress up their country homes. It was |
| English countryside. As the name suggests, English | | | | not at all uncommon to see a precise and very |
| Country gardens are made up of plants and | | | | ornate French garden in the middle of the English |
| flowers that are typically found in an English | | | | countryside. |
| countryside. The types and varieties of plants and | | | | 5) Native Garden |
| flowers used vary depending on which part of the | | | | The idea of a Native garden is a relatively new |
| English countryside you are trying to recreate. | | | | concept that is sweeping across the US and |
| English Country gardens very often incorporate | | | | attracting a lot of new people to gardening. The |
| wildflowers, rustic wood or stone benches, and | | | | idea behind a Native garden is to use only plants |
| water in the form of ponds or small gazing pools. | | | | and flowers that are native to the region you live |
| 2) Victorian Garden | | | | in. Conservationists say that planting native |
| Victorian gardens are also very popular, | | | | gardens will help the soil and provide refuge for |
| particularly with older gardeners. Victorian gardens | | | | local animals while sustaining the ecological balance |
| can incorporate many different types of plants | | | | of the area. Fans of the look of native gardens |
| and flowers but usually also will have stone | | | | think that it makes the landscape look more |
| statues or cherubs or gargoyles, lots of Victorian | | | | natural. |
| roses, colored and bejeweled gazing balls or fairy | | | | 6) Tropical Garden |
| balls, and stone benches or footpaths. | | | | Tropical gardens are popular because they are |
| 3) Japanese Garden | | | | often full of exotic plants with gorgeous deep |
| Japanese gardens are becoming more and more | | | | colors and lush foliage. Tropical gardens are |
| popular although they can be difficult to recreate | | | | stunning but are the most difficult type of garden |
| if you don't have a lot of land for your garden. | | | | to create because the delicate tropical plants only |
| Traditionally, Japanese gardens have a small | | | | thrive in very specific conditions. Maintaining a |
| structure at the heart of the garden, either a | | | | Tropical garden is a bit like having a salt water fish |
| home or a teahouse which looks out over the | | | | tank - both are exploding with color, they are |
| rest of the garden. Japanese gardens incorporate | | | | exotic and mysterious, and both require a lot of |
| traditional elemental design that usually feature | | | | time, knowledge, and effort to keep alive. |