Colonial gardens
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These gardens maximize the potential of any size space and provide beauty and diversity to the landscape. A picket fence or hedge will often be found bordering neat, tight rows of plants, vegetables and herbs. Mown grass, clay bricks, crushed shells and other natural materials are used for the pathways instead of sleek concrete pavers.
Country gardens
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Also known as cottage gardens, are known to be surrounded by a picket fence which may be covered with climbing roses while other aromatic shrubs and perennials overflow from the planting beds. This garden type doesn’t follow many strict rules; often edible vegetables will be growing right in with the blooming perennials.
A Feng Shui garden
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Will be carefully planned so all of its elements are in the location they’re meant to be to maximize the chi (life energy) of the space. Yin-yang is about finding the complimentary balance between differing forms of life energy, or chi. These gardens will explore the relationship between contrasting materials which complement each other.
Naturalistic gardens
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Comparable to colonial and country gardens at first site with their free-flowing bed edges and perennial masses. These gardens often forgo products like fertilizers and pesticides and instead focus on using native plant material and water features like ponds and streams in an effort to increase biodiversity within the garden.