The sumptuous curves of this garden draw you into the composition immediately. The charming arbor draws you in deeper and promises access to the garden that can be seen in the distance. But without passing under that arch, crossing that threshold and rounding that last curve in the lawn, you'll never know what's back there.

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Add curves. One of the hallmarks of English landscaping is the movement away from rigid geometric garden beds and toward serpentine shapes. In this case, the arch of the arbor leading into a secondary "room" echoes the curve of the garden beds. The use of plants rather than formal walls lends a cohesive feel to the entire space.

Two special details make this grand lawn feel more intimate, appropriately scaled to the humans who stroll here. The first appears in the foreground where two deep planting beds are outlined by low boxwood hedging, mirroring one another on either side of the lawn. Anyone who walks through this opening feels safe and welcome. This detail is similar to path treatments that vary in width, encouraging pedestrians to slow down and admire the garden's sensory gifts.The second curvaceous detail emerges in the distance — an arbor that acts as a doorway to the hidden garden beyond. This arbor's placement is successful because the lawn continues beneath it like a walking path — and plantings on either side prevent anyone from side-stepping the journey.

Great

Hydrangeas... Endless summer and Annabelle

trellis

to other side of yard

curves

Tall purple in back ground

Very enviting.

Love the curves.

Nice lawn.

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Stephen's house

Like boxwood border

Boxwood

The curves, the peacefulness, the boxwood border

backyard

like the hedges defining space kinda

Very nice!

backyard

Arbor

Agapnathus

Beautiful

backyard

Curved beds

Garden

path with arch

hedge and arbor

Landscape

garden

design

My back yard... ;)

love this

The layout

Lawn

Front yard

yes!

gardens

English garden

like this

Side yard

love

Alluring! Makes you want to see more

Use of hedge to add curves

use curving beds to create grassy path in back yard?

Secret garden

Like the arbor

Add curves. One of the hallmarks of English landscaping is the movement away from rigid geometric garden beds and toward serpentine shapes. In this case, the arch of the arbor leading into a secondary "room" echoes the curve of the garden beds. The use of plants rather than formal walls lends a cohesive feel to the entire space.

Hmmm...want this arbor look

Flow and transition

curved brickwork?

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Fin trädgårdsvy

Jardim

Back yard

curves, full, full showy perenials

Long garden

Edging

Landscaping Idea - Garden

love it

landscape

Back garden/the archway

Green

Side yard

Edgeing

love blue agapanthas..will they grow here?

Yard

Joe

A peaceful garden

garden

hedging

pathway

Garden rooms

Love the secret garden look.

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Love

LOVELY QUIET SETTING WITH ARBOR AND GATE

grassy

Treacle

sweet

trellis leading to secret space

boxwoods compliment border of stone

like the flow of this garden and the focal point in the distance

another option for the back -- big beds around the sides with a swath of green

Door to yard

Boxwood hedge

Nice garden.

what about boxwoods in front, hostas behind, keep my red(purple) bushes for accent and add salvia for color? and roses

Distinct separation from grass and planter. Love how manicured it is

Borders, grass

Love this garden

Nice lawn area

Greenery

lower garden - lawn and bushes

Like the balance

lush, arbor

Love this garden. So soft and lovely.

Fence

Curves

Edge

winding rows

inglise stiilis aed

Arbor and edge landscaping

like the curves

arch

Color

I need this! Such a relaxing environment!

backyard ideas

Pretty

garden

formal area

Like planting.

back yard

Planting beds

Beautiful English garden

Perfect garden

pretty

I like the s curve of grass

wow

Gate

The curves in the garden. And focal point in distance

Lovely

Lily border

Jardín secreto

an inviting path leads you on to...?

Flexible timber (jarrah) edging

garden

Front Gardens

Back view with flagstone path

Yard

Landscape

garden layout

Beautiful garden

grass swath, boxwood hedges

garden

curves

side yard

curves

Another with too much going on.

Love the blue

Serpentine walls

green

Greenery

Arbor

Shape of yard

With gate

backyard ideas

Reminds me of my Calistoga garden!

garden plan

Rooms

love the landscaping

Gardens

This is just so serenely green!

this is what I wish my backyard will be

This is what the backyard of 1300 should look like.

Blue flowers

Lush landscaping

secret garden

Swing set area

Polo

Hedge edging then layered with larger trees

double arbors for depth

landscape

Shape of yard

Garden

flowing lines and lush plantings

Love

garden at right on retriever side of house in back

Beautiful garden

the way the garden winds, goes through a gate to a space you can't see

like the boxwoods for some structure

classic

beautiful space

curves

I like the overhanging trees and the overall "green-ness". However the whole thing is to coordinated. too man-made. I want to create an environment that looks like it was man-made centuries ago and now nature has taken it back over.....

arbor

Backyard landscaping

lush plant life

someday

Lush and grass is great

I like the use of grass, some boxwood elements, and the trellis as organizing features in the landscape

Boundry edge

Boxwood border

Wegführung

Cool

Lush greenery areas

Hedge

mixture of small hedge border with natural border and small grass border

3 - frontyard islands {mixed beds)

Privacy

Plants

Backyard

Use of mowed and wild space

exteriorexte

I love the invitation to wander through outdoor rooms, the feeling of being in a private space without feeling trapped

What a yard!!!