How to Create a Relaxing Garden Retreat

Today, the result is a series of garden spaces with formal English "bones" and a reckless abandon of flowering perennials, trees, and shrubs. The beds have layer upon layer of lavish flowers, contrasting foliage, and garden ornaments that offer a surprise around each corner. A vine-covered arch in the side yard frames the view of a pole-mounted birdhouse in the front yard, with white-blooming hydrangeas along the edges.