Designing and maintaining the lawn and gardens around your home inspires a variety of styles. From the whimsy of cottage gardens to more meticulous and formal styles, there are lots of options to ...

What is a formal garden? originally appeared on Dengarden. A formal garden sounds grand and imposing, evoking images of huge, impeccably manicured gardens attached to European palaces. But what if we ...

A French country garden with tall trees and lavendaer lining the path to the house - Ally Foster/Shutterstock The idea of French country design may conjure images of rustic-chic farmhouses, but the ...

Lynn Geesaman photographed the gardens of France, the parks of England, the canals of Belgium. But her favorite location was the darkroom of her Edina home. There, she gave her measured, formal ...

The rich history and design of New Orleans gardens will be the focus of the Beautiful Spaces Symposium coming up Sept. 14 at the BK House and Gardens in the French Quarter. Four experts will share ...

Vast and expansive, like the mansions they engulf, the local gardens of the rich and famous are to this day maintained meticulously. They are as necessary to the buildings as the people who once lived ...

Most French Quarter gardens are hidden from public view, secreted behind masonry walls, glimpsed only through an open gate. Removed from the scrutiny of passersby, they provide their owners with a ...