Knot garden design

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Fig. 2 Parterre’s ( “meaning on the ground"- thanks Wikopedia! ) have not gone out.This is one of Rosemary Verey's and here's her plan for this garden.If you disregard her plant choices and translate the pattern in to succulents in yellow green, medium green and blue green in a raised bed--it just might work. To date raised beds around here look more like this: Herb gardens in every other gardening magazine have a parterre design-- and very nice ones, at that. A woven design is also called a…

QUESTION: Why is it called a knot garden? ANSWER: A knot garden is called this because of the way it’s shaped. If you’re unfamiliar with knot gardens, they’re fancy gardens meant to add unique beauty to your yard or garden area. Most knot gardens are formal. The idea is to plant herbs or other sweet-smelling […]

Boxwood knot garden and herb garden, Buxus, Lavandula and Santolina... Image:0396107 - Stock photo from GAP Gardens, garden & plant photography

When I turned the page to this picture in my January 1938 Woman's Home Companion magazine I was entranced but thought it was just a painting by a Mr. Harrie Wood and surely not a real garden. I was wrong. This is just half of the knotted herb garden that belonged to a Mrs. R. M. Littlejohn in Southhampton, Long Island, and it was designed by John Dukinfield. One Google search led to another and I discovered it was at what is now 107 Great Plains Road in Southhampton, now named Westlawn. The…

Some of you might remember that for the 2014 Christmas cookery event at Hampton Court we made some cokentryces over the course of the week. For those that missed it, have a look here to see them in…

Knot gardens were popularised in English gardens in the mid-15th century, when the stability of the nation was reflected in the increas...

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When I turned the page to this picture in my January 1938 Woman's Home Companion magazine I was entranced but thought it was just a pain...