Formal Garden Pillows

Scottish terrier admiring red koi fish in the fountain of formal garden.

A famous and traditional Garden of The Humble Administrator in the Chinese city of Suzhou.

A place to sit along a path in a formal garden in many shades of green. HDR Photography taken in the UK

IR view of a formal Suffolk garden

A formal garden in the grounds of St Fagans Castle, South Wales.

French chateau and formal garden

image taken at a recent visit to a country house - cast pot against the lush green backdrop

Detail of the side of a Gilded Age garden bench

This is a digital drawing of a formal garden in a symmetrical layout or pink orchids, pink daisies, pink tulips, and green gold leaves and scrollwork.

Alice, the Red Queen, and the White Queen (all dressed for a fantasy Rococo ball) meet against a background of chess-piece topiaries in this original illustration for Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass."

Originally created in 1888 and then redesigned in 1924 the rose garden is one of the many outstanding features of the Morris Arboretum in Cheltenham, PA.

Having a blooming good time under a beautify Pink Crape Myrtle

Pathway lined with topiary trees leading to an orangery in a formal garden. Black and white monochrome photography taken in the UK

Path lined with topiary trees leading to an orangery in a formal garden. HDR photography taken in the UK

Hanbury Hall, built in 1701, near Droitwich Spa, England. A William and Mary house with an eighteenth century orangery, an ice house and two domed nineteenth century gazebos. Hanbury Hall had a 'Dutch style in England' garden in the early eighteenth century. Keen to have an up to date and fashionable garden in the early 18th century Thomas Vernon employed the pre-eminent garden designer of the day, George London, to create such a garden which was to include all the elements associated with the formal style of gardening; a Parterre, Fruit Garden, Wilderness, Grove and Bowling Green. The garden remained as such until the 1770s when it was swept away as the fashions changed from the very formal to the natural landscape style. In the ...

Great Court Garden, Athelhampton Number of views as of 19th June 2018 = 700. The Great Court Garden at Athelhampton, 5 miles east of Dorchester (Dorset, England) has 12 yew trees, which are carefully tended to retain their pyramid shapes. The gardens were originally planted in the 1890s by Alfred Cart de Lafontaine. The house itself is much older, dating from 1485. Date: 31st August 2014. Click here to visit my Trees collection.

This is a digital drawing of a formal garden in a symmetrical layout of orchids, daisies, tulips, leaves and scrollwork in blue on white.

This is a digital drawing of a formal garden in a symmetrical layout of orchids, daisies, tulips, leaves and scrollwork in white on blue.

A seat by the lake.

Sunset with the tree in setting sunlight.

Road to the unknown.

Balboa Park in San Diego California Digitally painted

Balboa Park in San Diego California Digitally painted

Montacute House is a late Elizabethan mansion with garden in Montacute, South Somerset. This is one of two garden pavilions in the formal gardens. Ink and white pencil on Strathmore toned paper.

Topiary trimmed into the shape of chess pieces. Originally done as part of an original illustration for Caroll's "Through the Looking-Glass," these neat little shrubberies make a cute tribute to a timeless hobby on their own.

Bountiful beauty floral bouquet

New version of Alabaster the Cat in the Night garden sleeping on the Topiary Whale tree.

Detail from the beautiful formal gardens of Palazzo Parisio in the village of Naxxar, Malta. The gardens themselves are a fusion of Italian and Maltese culture with endless varieties of plants in the tranquil and shaded peace of the walled garden.

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