Country Formal Garden Ideas and Designs

Patios

Ronni Hock Garden & Landscape

Doylestown Pa

Earth Work Design

A fantastic outdoor entertaining area next to the spring house on this beautiful historic Doylestown property. Boulder walls and steps were used to fix the grade and a bluestone patio makes a great area for a fire pit and entertaining. Nick Pugliese

Chiltern Estate

The Garden Design Company

View down the garden between an avenue of Silver Birch

LotusLand South aka Sycamore Canyon Landscape

Margie Grace - Grace Design Associates

This used to be a driveway that we transformed into a lovely garden. The garden is appointed with Grotesques from Lotusland which is located across the street

Vegetable Garden Design

Gatsby Home Services

Create your ideal summer retreat with a vibrant vegetable garden project! Utilize raised beds and drip irrigation to cultivate a lush, organic oasis in your backyard. From juicy tomatoes to crisp cucumbers, savor the flavors of summer with homegrown produce. Embrace the sun-kissed season and embark on your green journey today!

Farmhouse Style

B & B Outdoor Solutions LLC

Greenhouse and cutting garden

Kerry Lewis Landscape Architecture

Kerry Lewis

Orchard

Janice Parker Landscape Architects

A young orchard is being trained near the home on this working farm. Photo Credit Neil Landino

Giardino Country

Alberto Gualla

Ci siamo recati sulle colline della provincia di Biella per effettuare il sopralluogo in questo bellissimo casale con fienile completamente da ristrutturare. Nelle prime foto si può notare lo stato in cui si trova in questo momento la proprietà. La famiglia che ha deciso di acquistarla si è innamorata subito, come anche noi, del paesaggio, della vista e della natura silenziosa che lo circonda. La bellezza del rustico richiama ai tempi in cui le famiglie erano numerose e questo ci ha ispirato a creare un luogo che farà rivivere quei momenti in cui tutto era pieno di vita. Abbiamo utilizzato materiali quanto più possibile naturali che richiamassero lo stile country, come il legno, i mattoni a vista, il rame e abbiamo sfruttato tutti quegli oggetti di recupero che un tempo venivano utilizzati nelle cascine come vecchie carriole di legno, paioli in rame e botti di vetro. Le persone che hanno acquistato il rustico desideravano una proprietà dove passare il tempo vivere e divertirsi con familiari ed amici quindi abbiamo pensato a diverse zone, ognuna delle quali dedicata ad un'attività da svolgere appunto in famiglia. Un'enorme piscina imponente corre lungo tutto il muro laterale di cinta, mentre dal lato opposto una pergola di legno ricoperta di cannucciato sarà la zona living con il tavolo da pranzo e un'amaca per i momenti di relax. A dividere queste due zone avremo la parte verde del giardino: due grandi aiuole laterali e un'aiuola centrale ospiteranno perenni, graminacee, arbusti da fiore e ortensie. Abbiamo deciso di mantenere una bellissima pianta di vite che era già presente per utilizzarla come frangivista per la zona più divertente del giardino: una pista da ballo!

Village House | Hampshire

Taylor Tripp | Landscape Design

Formal Vegetable Garden

Offshoots, Inc.

A beautiful escape in your edible garden. Fruit trees create a privacy screen around a cedar pergola and raised vegetable beds.

Grow zone wider view from patio - built

Metamorphic Design

Raised planter boxes arranged to maximize light and micro climate conditions

Arbors

Haver & Skolnick LLC Architects

A rustic cedar arbor is host to a number of climbing vegetable vines. Raised planting beds edged with blue stone define gravel paths. Robert Benson Photography

Farm House

Craig Alan Homes, Inc

English Garden, California Style

BE Landscape Design

After a tear-down/remodel we were left with a west facing sloped front yard without much privacy from the street, a blank palette as it were. Re purposed concrete was used to create an entrance way and a seating area. Colorful drought tolerant trees and plants were used strategically to screen out unwanted views, and to frame the beauty of the new landscape. This yard is an example of low water, low maintenance without looking like grandmas cactus garden.

English Cottage Garden

HollandGreen Landscapes

A stunning English cottage country garden design, with large beds of vibrant summer flowers, including swathes of Salvia through mixed borders of perennial and herbaceous planting to create soft movement and textures. We designed different areas to the gardens, each evoking a different ambiance. The gardens include a new heated pool and a sunken spa, with stunning views over the sun-lit fields beyond.

Potomac Kitchen Garden and Outdoor Living Area

Landscape Projects, Inc.

Eden Farm Backyard View

Io LandArch

Io designed the entire landscape for this small farm located in the Ogden Valley area. The Beautiful almost 10-acre site was originally farmland, and the master plan for this project envisions preserving the rural character and function of the landscape by creating a small-scale, self-sustaining farm. Io helped to program the uses across the site, planning for a rotational pasture system for horses, cows and sheep. The site also includes a kitchen garden and orchard with beehives. Chickens and ducks were also located near the kitchen garden and house for fresh eggs. The landscape was not only designed to be functional, but also beautiful, with a formal patio and infinity edge pool overlooking the pastoral scene adjacent lake.

Japanese Garden Pond

Floren Design Ltd.

Pond in Japanese garden

Rail Fences

Split Rail Fence Co Denver CO

Country Formal Garden Ideas and Designs

A beautifully designed country garden is as important as the emphasis we place on the designs of our interiors. After all, our grounds (however modest) frame our homes and contribute to first impressions not only of our houses, but also of the households within. Options for garden designs can be as elaborate or low maintenance as your lifestyle and preferences permit – consider both your aspirations for how it should look and how much time you can invest in garden maintenance. Consulting a gardener or landscape designer will ensure you have a garden that suits your lifestyle, the local climate and soil conditions. But don’t forget that with Houzz your first stop can be collecting images of garden ideas and designs you love in order to inspire your garden plans and potentially share them with a landscape gardening professional.

How do I come up with a country front garden design?

The priority for a front garden is kerb appeal. Begin by considering the area immediately around and leading up to your front door. You may want to opt for front garden designs that blend well with the style of your home – for example, abundant foliage and flowerbeds will perfectly complement a period property, whereas man-made materials, geometric shapes and contrasting textures are great ideas for a contemporary garden design. Even if your front garden is a small space, keep it tidy – if you have more space, make the most of it with garden ideas and features such as a manicured lawn, gravel driveway, water feature or garden fencing. If you don’t have the time or commitment to devote to gardening, then neatly pruned hedges, statement paving, hanging baskets, garden benches and outdoor lighting are all decorative, low maintenance garden ideas for your country front garden design.

How should I design my country back garden?

Back gardens typically offer more space than front garden designs and serve a more recreational purpose, so it’s important to know how you want to spend time in your garden before you design it in order to build in the features that you will enjoy. If you love relaxing in the garden and dining al fresco, think about patios, decking, garden furniture and BBQs. For the more horticulturally-inclined, incorporate flower beds, greenhouses or vegetable garden designs. Your landscape gardening professional can help you install structures such as sheds, pergolas and gazebos that complement your garden design, and artfully-placed garden ideas such as lawn edging and lighting will add definition to your chosen design.

How do I create a low maintenance garden?

The great news is, gardens aren’t exclusively for the green-fingered. Whether you’re not horticulturally-inclined or simply don’t have the time for a bit of landscape gardening, you can still have a country garden design that looks the way you want by making some smart design choices. While many of us favour low maintenance gardens like urban gardens, roof terraces and patio gardens, lovers of greenery don’t need to sacrifice grass for paving slabs. Whatever you want from your garden, there are a variety of gardening solutions that can be built in to make life easier. For example, labour intensive features such as vegetable patches, greenhouses and flower beds can be optimised with an automatic irrigation system. These can be offset with fuss-free garden ideas such as hard landscaping, including gravel, paving or decking, and hard-wearing evergreens that require minimal upkeep. You might even consider replacing your garden fencing with slow growing hedging, which can be maintained less regularly than wooden fence panels. If having a lawn is important, there are different types of grasses in varying degrees of durability and maintenance. You may choose to take a more relaxed approach to your lawn – “wild” garden designs can have great charm if the grasses and flowers are chosen carefully. If you prefer a manicured lawn, it’s a good idea to invest in a “mulching” lawn mower that will recycle clippings and remove the need for cleaning up. Finally, there isn’t a more low maintenance garden lawn than artificial grass which can look highly realistic and keep your garden looking green. Garden ornaments are a great way to add interest to your low maintenance garden design – go for smart garden ideas such as solar garden lights which are both decorative and functional. Find some of the most popular design ideas on Houzz.

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