Another option is to encase a sea of white-blooming showstoppers in boxes of clipped hedges.

Tightly clipped shrubbery and gravel pathways were the two main requirements of the first parterres, but their usage expanded to include flowers, which add to the beauty and sophistication of the design.

Add plants. Fill the spaces within the borders with plants, especially annuals and perennials. For a classic feel, stick to a single plant within each space, as was done here. The topiary-inspired balls that punctuate each bed add some height without distracting from the cool, clean overall look and feel. Design tip: When choosing plantings, consider their bloom period. A bed of tulips will look charming in the spring, but you'll need something in the space for summer through fall at the very least. Also consider the care requirements; if the bed is fairly wide and tightly packed, it can be difficult to reach the interior plants for deadheading and other maintenance.

front yard

Landscape

Love this garden

e french gardenm

Lush, lush landscape!

Idea of how to frame up the planings... hedges, flowers, center focus

higher flowers

boxwood shrub

so cool!

Nice

Contrast

Accents of pottery

I like the same flower around all the small shrubs.

;-)

Green formed evergreens filled with white annuals perennials and bordered by white rock

design of garden

Like

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Parterre

center phycus with surrounding hadging

Tightly clipped shrubbery and gravel pathways were the two main requirements of the first parterres, but their usage expanded to include flowers, which add to the beauty and sophistication of the design.

Boxwoods could be an interesting way of filling in...plus they are super low maintenance

Classical french parterre with gravel pathways

Garden

I front of study & den. .

beautiful symmetry

Perfection!

focal piont of water feature with 4 bordered beds

Formal garden

parteree

Backyard focal point

This has the feeling of having walls, but is just columns with plants. Still love the boxwood.

I love this kind of Garden

Shrubs

L ayout

Cone tree pots

boxwood garden

back garden

Add plants. Fill the spaces within the borders with plants, especially annuals and perennials. For a classic feel, stick to a single plant within each space, as was done here. The topiary-inspired balls that punctuate each bed add some height without distracting from the cool, clean overall look and feel.

side yard structure

Very nice!

texture

formal yet fun

boxwoods

Front Garden

garden

Plants

Patterns and flowers

Traditional & floral NOTE: 1) expansive tree in background

paeterre2

topiaries

I love a boxwood and this garden illustrates how to make them the center of attention. Mass plantings of white plants such as annuals, groundcovers or low growing roses can make the simple green palette look chic and refined.

Italian - French Parterre Garden. Fab

borders alike to each designated space, one topiary to each space, gives clean look and feel

too formal for 808 but peaceful...

Driveway landscaping

french garden, boxwoods

Eleganz und Ordnung

Tightly clipped boxwood hedges set the boundary here in this French Parterre Garden. White shrub roses make a nice contrast to the dark green of the hedging plants.

ENGLISH GARDEN

White gardens can go ubertraditional with row after row of white blooms perfectly set in geometric arrangements.

Box hedge

Garden under kitchen window?

green 4

I could stare at this tranquil symmetry all day long. Exquisite.

Colors ,gardin , architecture , trees

Beautiful Garden Design

contrast of white roses and boxwood hedge

neat color

Love the boxwood boxe's!

jardin

like the boxwood edging and lines of gardens

Formal walled garden is always pleasing to the eye.

Beautiful!

Formal garden

Add plants. Fill the spaces within the borders with plants, especially annuals and perennials. For a classic feel, stick to a single plant within each space, as was done here. The topiary-inspired balls that punctuate each bed add some height without distracting from the cool, clean overall look and feel.

On the western end of the home sits the 'Italian Garden', modeled in the style of a classical French parterre. Lenkin Design: Los Angeles Landscape Design

love

Cool

Lovely parterre

Plantas

garden

great idea

Formal English garden

Garden

love topiary and box hedge

The hedges

garden

garden

small boxwood w/ lg

landscape

very french.

Nice

pretty

Low boxwood edging hedges add a formal look to the informal plantings

Lenkin design formele tuin

French Gardens

gravel and boxwood

boxwood parterre

not sure I like what the beds are filled with, or that it's all the same plant used to fill it in, but I like the overall design

Low shrub

modeled in the style of a classical French parterre...wonderful

parterre, boxwood, palette, garden ornament, urns

On the western end of the home sits the 'Italian Garden', modeled in the style of a classical French parterre. Lenkin Design: Los Angeles Landscape Design

WHITE GARDEN

pretty

garden

Boxwood plantings

Landscape

Box hedging white flowers

structure

green

Center Flower Bed

For the square planter - front of the condo

parterre garden

urns

uniformity

Fill the spaces within the borders with plants, especially annuals and perennials. For a classic feel, stick to a single plant within each space, as was done here. The topiary-inspired balls that punctuate each bed add some height without distracting from the cool, clean overall look and feel. Design tip: When choosing plantings, consider their bloom period. A bed of tulips will look charming in the spring, but you'll need something in the space for summer through fall at the very least. Also consider the care requirements; if the bed is fairly wide and tightly packed, it can be difficult to reach the interior plants for deadheading and other maintenance.

voor

landscaping in white

On the western end of the home sits the 'Italian Garden', modeled in the style of a classical French parterre. Lenkin Design: Los Angeles Landscape Design

Out

Garden

buxos - pumice - green and white

French Garden

I don't particularly care for the four equal, seemingly over-scaled parterres, made heavier by the rounds in the center set off by the white flowers. For a better-scaled, all-green approach to the similar size garden, see picture here by Troy Rhone Garden Design.

white garden

On the western end of the home sits the 'Italian Garden', modeled in the style of a classical French parterre. Lenkin Design: Los Angeles Landscape Design

Oak tree

simple

Boxwood parterre with flowers

!

side of the drive way and front of the porch

Parterres

Basic shrub, filled in with annuals and or bulbs

Good

shapes

The potted cones

.

Nicely done...

french sculptured garden

Gorgeous tree, beautiful use of simple color scheme

the square and round bushes

Beautifully ornate and appear low maintenance.

landscaping

green & white gardens

green and white

good idea for a cutting garden off kitchen

formal garden

less is more

formal knot garden

Lovely hedge and topiary details

Geometry

boxwood areas with annuals in color

great to put emphasis on my old oak trees

beautiful very simple look tree helps to define the space

partarre

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pruned hedges

French style garden

vierkant beddings 3

Garden

french style

Garden

garden

Elevated urns add dimension and elegance.

Fill the spaces within the borders with plants, especially annuals and perennials. For a classic feel, stick to a single plant within each space, as was done here. The topiary-inspired balls that punctuate each bed add some height without distracting from the cool, clean overall look and feel.

uncomplicated

boxwood planters

love surrounding area

Add plants. Fill the spaces within the borders with plants, especially annuals and perennials. For a classic feel, stick to a single plant within each space, as was done here. The topiary-inspired balls that punctuate each bed add some height without distracting from the cool, clean overall look and feel.

Everything...form, colors

landscaping

courtyard idea

Landscape

bushes/annuals

Sprawling tree for area in the middle of the circle drive.

pedestal with urn on top

Garden

Formal French Garden style

french garden

Formal Planting

clipped borders - underplanting trees

Elegant but simple garden plan

Colour and form.

sculptured gardens

Parterre

english garden

Plant stands boxwood.

formal gardens/boxwoods & white flowers

boxwood beds

symmetry

Traditional French garden

Flowers inside the frame.

Fresh white floral contrast