A formal garden design tends to have geometric patterns, strong lines, limited variety of plantings for a very neat and tidy sharp look. An informal garden design tends to abandon rigid structure for softer lines, wider range of plantings and a more natural look overall.
It is also possible to mix these styles for example an informal garden with limited plant selection using only greens and varieties of white as your colour palette will give it a simpler more formal look.
Meditative GardensThese gardens are primarily for tranquil reflection. Naturally inspired settings with soothing colours, grasses and evergreens. Beautifully framed vistas, archways, gates, winding paths and certainly water features also add to the meditative garden.
Sitting silently, comfortably, surrounded by trees, shrubs, flower beds or a water feature, an outdoor space tailored to your needs. Now breathe, visualize, create, intend, commit. The possibilities are truly limitless when you invest in yourself and take time to explore.
Still or softly moving water, a peaceful seating or stretching area, gently moving textural plants like grasses, and soothing colours with minimal planting selection.
Return to top.A water feature is a natural channel for energies in a garden. The sound of rippling, trickling water can aid meditation, and a still pool of reflected light, plant shadows and sky can add another whole dimension to the landscape.
It's best to site ponds as naturally as possible in their surroundings, in a natural hollow, or a damper part of the yard. However most of us start out with a flatter location with a goal of recreating a natural a setting with stone and plantings.
Often a water feature will become the spiritual focal point of the garden, just as springs and waterfalls were sacred in earlier times. Pets, birds and wild animals also find them irresistible.
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