A traditional, classic French garden contains a few basic elements:
Order and symmetry—clean lines, well-kept gardens;
Cool colours—greens, whites, blues, pinks, and purples;
Stone—beautiful stonework, interlocking stone, edging, terraces, and decorative elements such as columns, statues, urns, and water features; and
Basic geometric shapes—clean, straight-lined geometric shapes are a must for formal French garden. These shapes can be created with trimmed hedges and shrubs, paving, and gravel. Think squares, diamonds, or triangles tied in with spheres, circles, or semicircles to complete symmetrical designs.
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layering of box woods -- lower ones to frame the space, and higher ones as background, and rounded ones as an accent, with trees and flowering shrubs inside the framed space
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flowering crepe myrtle trees
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box wood framing of an area, with tree and flowering shrubs inside the framed area
A traditional, classic French garden contains a few basic elements: Order and symmetry—clean lines, well-kept gardens; Cool colours—greens, whites, blues, pinks, and purples; Stone—beautiful stonework, interlocking stone, edging, terraces, and decorative elements such as columns, statues, urns, and water features; and Basic geometric shapes—clean, straight-lined geometric shapes are a must for formal French garden. These shapes can be created with trimmed hedges and shrubs, paving, and gravel. Think squares, diamonds, or triangles tied in with spheres, circles, or semicircles to complete symmetrical designs.
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