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Garden LayoutDesign a formal garden: symmetrical layout with central axis
Create a formal symmetrical garden. Central axis as anchor, mirrored plantings, and classical proportions for timeless elegance.
InspirationFormal garden design via central axis and symmetry: classical layout
Central-axis symmetry is the core of formal garden architecture. Learn how to design a perfectly balanced front yard along a main axis.
InspirationStraight gravel paths in formal garden: width, edges, material
Gravel paths define the formal structure of your garden. Learn how to lay perfect straight lines, maintain them cleanly, and finish them elegantly.
InspirationFormal garden with neat boxwood hedges: the classic design
Buxus sempervirens is the heart of formal gardens. Learn how to plant and maintain perfectly geometric hedges for elegant classical appeal.
InspirationTopiary figures in formal garden: balls, cones and shaping maintenance
Topiary brings formal gardens to life. Learn how to create and maintain balls, cones and geometric shapes without specialist training.
InspirationRectangular pond centred in formal garden: water as structure
Rectangular ponds are the heart of classical formal gardens. Learn how to design a maintainable pond, align it with symmetry, and care for it.
How to prune a pleached tree (Platanus espalier)
Pleached trees are living architecture. Learn step-by-step how to maintain a Platanus pleached framework with annual pruning.
How to prune boxwood into a sphere: topiary maintenance and shaping
Boxwood sphere topiary pruning and care. Learn to form and maintain perfect balls in Dutch climate.
Plant CombinationsCombining boxwood alternatives: elegant borders without box blight risk
Boxwood died on a massive scale. Its alternatives — Ilex crenata, Lonicera nitida, Buxus wallichiana — grow identically. Do you know how to combine them? This is elegant boxwood-lookalike garden design without the risk.
Plant CombinationsFormal garden planting: symmetry and elegance with perennials
Discover plant combinations for a formal garden with clipped hedges, symmetrical borders and classic accents. From box to roses.
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