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25 January 2012
Turn your backyard into an outdoor hideaway enviable of the English countryside. English garden landscapes have become a popular choice for homeowners across the globe. Fragrant roses and other colourful flowers, lush green plant life, meandering walkways, and hidden sitting areas are just a few of the features that make up the tranquility, privacy, and mystery of English gardens.
It doesn’t take much to create an English Garden in your backyard. With the right landscaping materials and patio furniture sets and outdoor accessories, you’re well on your way to enjoying a relaxing summer evening, drinking sangria – hidden away from the hustle and bustle of the world around you.
One of the main features of an English garden is the winding pathways. Materials such as gravel or bark are inexpensive yet beautiful, and interlocking stone make great walkways to reach your sitting area. For a more authentic English garden feel, you can combine pathway materials in natural colours. Make sure your pathways are made with soft angles and curves to enhance the relaxed environment.
Sitting areas should be focused around the key elements of your garden. Place your furniture in grassy, shaded areas, around your favourite floral designs. Outdoor furniture and accessories will also help in adding to the English countryside feel of your backyard. Natural, simple accessories in wood or teak are commonly found in English gardens. These materials give your furniture a weathered, romantic appearance.
Other elements that can be included in English garden landscapes are herb gardens – for different aromas, rustic wooden fences or shrubs for added privacy, fresh vegetables and fruit trees, ponds, gazebos, and vines that wind up walls, around trellises, and over pathways.
For more information on creating your own English garden, contact us at any time!
About Ananda Landscapes Since 1978 Ananda Landscapes has been providing individuals and families, primarily within the Calgary and surrounding area, professional landscaping and outdoor living space design services and products including an array of heat sources, night lighting and water features. At Ananda Landscapes we know that landscape design is more than simply plants and patios; it’s about creating lifestyle opportunities. It is our passion to help you envision, design and build the biggest and most exciting room on your property: your yard—and without restrictions. Wherever it is that you live, Ananda creates outdoor living spaces for every person and answers to every type of lifestyle.
