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  • Garden Styles: Asian
    Asian gardens are meant to reflect the serenity of the natural world...
  • Garden Styles: Contemporary
    Hardscape elements are prominent in contemporary design...
  • Garden Styles: Cottage
    Cottage gardens may have had their start as the practical mix of vegetables, fruits, and herbs, but they've since evolved into a riotous combination of flowering perennials, shrubs, and trees...
  • Garden Styles: Desert
    Gardens in the Southwest have a unique style that reflects the native landscape as well as Indian and Spanish cultural influences...
  • Garden Styles: Eclectic
    Perhaps nothing is so personal as the eclectic garden...
  • Garden Styles: Formal
    This is the classic garden style associated with showcase landscapes in England and France...
  • Garden Styles: Mediterranean
    Based on the gardens of Italy, Spain, Portugal, and the southern coast of France, the Mediterranean garden features fragrant plants, terra-cotta pots, stone and tile accents, and an emphasis on outdoor living, all in a judicious mix of formality and informality...
  • Garden Styles: Native or Natural
    Whether it's called native or natural, this garden is designed to reflect the natural landscape that surrounds it...
  • Garden Styles: Tropical
    Tropical gardens have come into their own in the past decade...


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