Naturalistic garden

For gardens that are both stunning and sustainable, designers increasingly are adopting a planting style known as naturalism. Learn how to bring its ideas into your yard.

Love the winding paths, abundant flowers, and romance of a cottage garden? Here's the expert advice you need to know to create your own!

Lottie Delamain considers the characteristic of Dutch plantsman Piet Oudolf's famous style of naturalistic planting, and advises on how to get the look at home

Starting a new garden from scratch can be daunting, but it’s also a fantastic opportunity to create exactly what you want. The vision I had for my new garden (two […]

It’s about setting aside our desire for control to instead work in partnership with nature. This is essentially the guiding principle behind the naturalistic garden, a plant-driven approach to landscape design that has been around in one form or another since Englishman William Robinson first published his first edition of The Wild Garden in 1870.

Suffolk garden design of beautiful naturalistic perennial planting, limestone gravel pathways and clay pavers, multi-stem birch trees, crab apple trees, wildflower meadow and minimalist front garden of calamagrostis karl forester with beech cylinders

While gardening trends come and go, the enthusiasm for natural-style gardens is proving something of stayer. A new survey of such gardens shows us how we might introduce more wildness into our patch.

With its borders of tall ornamental grasses, roses and perennials, formal box parterres and a central reflecting pool, this Suffolk garden is an elegant testament to designer Frederic Whyte's ability to balance formality and order with naturalistic beauty.

Naturalistic Garden Style: A Haven for Wildlife and Colorful Blooms - Complete Guide! Unlock the secrets of a garden that harmoniously combines intentional design and ecological benefits. Dive into the world of native plants, minimal maintenance, and vibrant biodiversity. Learn how to create a backyard oasis that looks naturally occurring, while still reflecting thoughtful design. Discover the joy of embracing a naturalistic garden that supports wildlife and showcases the beauty of the…

Today we’re in Hopewell, New Jersey, visiting with Courtney and Denys Turner, who are sharing their naturalistic garden.

In gardening, wild may be the word of the moment but it is a loaded term—because what is wild? Any element of interference, management, or design suggests

A long, narrow English yard with a traditional design gains curves, intrigue and abundant naturalistic plantings

If you're curious to try out a more naturalistic approach to planting design, here are some practical hacks to help you get the root ball rolling Since many gardeners are likely working with a current gardens vs. the freedom of a fresh canvas, these ideas can help you test out some smaller projects and experiments over time. In Part One of this post, I talked about the concept of seeing plants differently: in terms of beauty and purpose, and the roles they can play within a biodiverse plant…

How designer @MiriaHarris turned this back garden into a zero-waste haven. Upon visiting the site, Miria was faced with a dilemma she knew would be difficult to resolve. “I had designed a naturalistic garden for Nicky a few years earlier, filled with roses and perennials in soft, pastel shades, which she loved. She asked me to recreate this aesthetic in her new place, and while that was feasible, there was a problem,” explains Miria. “The previous owners had obviously spent considerable…