Informal Garden Ideas: Formal gardens are beautiful, but many people prefer to incorporate herbs into their existing garden spaces, among either ornamental or edible plants.
Informal gardens, on the other hand, fit in beautifully with rustic homes, Craftsman-style bungalows and traditional suburban neighborhoods of picket fences, lawns and curving walkways.
Informal gardens have an unbalanced, yet relaxing appeal, consisting of curves and asymmetrical plantings. Features include mixed plantings of fruits, vegetables, and herbs with a variety of flowering plants.
This informal garden plan mixes perennials and annuals with brightly colored flowers and big bold leaves for an appealing tropical look.
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d. Formal/Informal Garden. This style often comes with a brick walkway that exudes formality. This walkway leads to the rear with a circle of plants. The arrangement of plants resembles the English garden style but it has no formal borders.
Formal and informal garden styles.
Here are examples of formal and informal garden styles, for those of us that are new to gardening. :cool: These photos are not of my garden.
Les wanted an informal garden with many different areas, and lots of plants. He describes the garden as informal with small pockets of formality. Les says: "Because of the land's topography you don't want to ruin the natural structure of the garden….
In a natural, informal garden, wisteria might be allowed to grow as it does in the wild, rambling up large, sturdy trees.
Landscaping and informal gardens
Informal style means that just about anything goes.
" 'David' can be used in both the formal garden and the informal garden as in a cottage garden style or in a naturalized design. It provides great garden color and fragrance from July through September.
Anise hyssop is a trouble-free addition to an informal garden, taking its place equally among herbs or perennials. This stalwart, pretty, purple-flowered plant is a must for mid- to late-summer color.
Informal gardens appear in many guises, including sunny flower borders, shady woodland plots or dry Mediterranean rockeries.
The rest of the property contains informal gardens with looser plantings. The Shrubbery includes a collection of hundreds of trees and shrubs. There's also an orchard with pear, plum, cherry, peach, pecan and walnut trees.
In informal gardens, they can be in clumps (a circular group of three or more plants) or drifts (an elongated grouping of plants).
For informal gardens they are essential. While traditional
mixtures of geraniums, fuchsias and lobelia are still very popular, the adventurous
gardener should be on the lookout for some of the more unusual cultivars on offer.
Formal or informal? Formal gardens have geometric shapes and square, sharp edges. Their design is symmetrical. Informal gardens celebrate curves and gentle, wide arcs that flow from one view to another.
Cocoa-bean hulls area by-product of the chocolate industry. Use a thin 1-inch layer to suppress weeds. Cocoa hulls work in both formal and informal gardens. (Don't use if you have dogs, as there's been evidence that it can be toxic.) ...
A former horse farm, his 28-acre property in Mebane, North Carolina, has been divided into four major sections, including the woods, the rose and English garden, the informal garden, and the north section with 1,100 cedar trees.
Make sure that this area is not a frost pocket. The shape of your pond should reflect the style of your garden design. A square, rectangular or circular pool in a formal garden, pond shape is less important in an informal garden.
Formal gardens, such as Mediterranean gardens, consist of symmetrical compositions balanced about a central axis. Informal gardens, such as wildlife gardens, are inspired by nature and use soft, flowing curves and shapes.
 See also: Plant, Formal garden, Flower, Foliage, Water
  
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