Famous Gardens - British Gardens

British gardens are often celebrated for their history, design, and plant choices. Some are famous for formal layouts, long herbaceous borders, and carefully clipped hedges, while others focus on woodland planting, water features, or modern naturalistic styles. Visiting a well-planned garden can teach you how paths guide movement, how planting creates colour through the seasons, and how different areas provide shade, shelter, and interest. Many gardens also protect heritage landscapes, support wildlife, and inspire home gardeners with ideas that can be scaled down to smaller spaces.

Key Terms

• Herbaceous border: A long planting area filled mainly with non-woody flowering plants that die back and regrow each year.
• Landscape design: Planning the shape, paths, features, and planting of an outdoor space so it looks good and works well.
• Topiary: Shrubs or small trees clipped into tidy shapes, such as balls, cones, or spirals.

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