12 garden styles - garden design ideas for your backyard revamp

Whether you're planning a garden makeover, starting a new garden from scratch or just buying some new garden furniture, find your garden style here. It'll stop you making expensive mistakes and will help you create a garden you'll really love.

0:00 Introduction
5:57 Garden inspired by the architecture of your house
13:18 Wildlife garden style:

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[lornalorna]

Well, I learned from this that I am creating an English Country middle sized garden. I'd not really thought about it before, so it's useful for me to know this as I can now explore it further for more inspiration, as my fairly new garden develops. It was stripped bare from an overgrown bind weed covered wilderness when I brought the property. I've had to start from scratch. This year it will be in its second season. Thank you. Really excellent and articulate overview of 12 styles in a very short amount of time. Very informative.

[TerranceRick]

Grammar, descriptive words, proper accent, presentation skills! Presenter deserves an award

[charlesprice]

A suggestion for house and garden harmony: I have a cape Cod in the US Midwest. I sided the house in a natural red Cedar, on the back, to harmonize with a warm cottage garden, edged by woods, subduing the blues, and finished the cedar siding on the sides, and front, of the house in a Gettysburg Blue to harmonize with a dominantly blue cottage garden. The blue invites the visitors in, the warmth of the back garden entices them to stay.

[zoesolanki]

As a complete novice who is terrified of gardening, this was so so helpful. Thank you

[carlapalaniuk]

I am cottage gardener I loved your phrase you find a spot and wedge it ha ha that’s what I do.

[forexercises]

I think of mine as a woodland garden. A bit like the jungle/exotic garden with it's layers, but with different plant materials... and definitely all with wildlife in mind. Lots and lots of color near the house, and fun paths that cut between large evergreens and shrubs so that you feel as if you're on a hiking holiday every so briefly.

[shirleywilson]

Wow that went quickly, had to watch it twice to take it in! Maybe a whole series of videos

[dougkelley]

Thank you for this, Alexandra. Having moved around the U.S., and inheriting the gardening or maybe farming gene, I’ve attempted many types of gardens. Now that I am settled back in New England, I am able to indulge in my favorite, which is what you’d term a version of the English country garden. It has lawns, perennial borders, old roses covering the shed and fences, some spots of formality, and the woodland is covered by the trees and shrubs tumbling down to the cove in back. It suits me and the place. What I think is interesting is my dearest friend, who lives a few houses away through the wood on the same water, has a totally different style which suits her equally well. She tucks what she loves all higgledypiggledy together in the lee of her house and framed by an ancient, huge box and a gnarled dogwood. There are every sort of colorful flower along the old stone walls, and fruit trees and a vegetable patch speak of the farm her land used to be. It is as loose and wonderful and charming as can be. Very different approaches and beautifully different, I think.

[ginadavis]

This is a marvellous video with inspirational descriptions of all these styles. Thank you for making such informative content!

[penelopehammerton]

Most enjoyable video. Thank you for the time and effort you take in making them. Its like having a neighbour drop round for coffee and a chat about gardening :)

[Marjory]

Brilliant, Alexandra. I appreciate all the work involved in collating this because I'm trying to restyle my garden and this is wonderful. I've been combing books and trawling the internet for ideas, yet somehow you managed to condense a wealth of inspiration in one video! You are my favourite youtube channel.

[laurenwellman]

I’ve never really contemplated my garden style or how many different styles there are, so thank you so much for putting all of this together. Very informative and helpful 💝

[kerryjean]

Another brilliant video. Thank you. My very small 26' x 26' garden is kind of Cottagie with a rather large amount of pots ranging from tiny Bonsai pots to very large pots up to around 250 litres of potting mix. My preferred pot colour is Aqua through to Teal x 💜🙏😇🇦🇺

[Lovelygreens]

Enjoyed this immensely, Alexandra. I have aspects of a couple styles, but of course in more of a practical garden.

[janereel]

I agree with many commenters about how helpful and interesting this video is. I'm helping a friend rework her garden and this gives me more things to think about for the upcoming spring. I'm in zone 5 U.S. so we have snow now!

[JeriLandersofHopalongHollow]

A mix of Cottage gardens and English country gardens is my style. We love many meandering paths and all manner of fruits, roses, herbs and flowers all mixed together in harmonious confusion.

[anndarigan]

Really enjoyed this video while having my morning coffee.

[shirleysenkler]

I went with cottage garden style several years ago and love it. The variety of color and leaf structure suits me perfectly.

[SMElder-odcl]

My favorite style, learned from these videos, is a small cottage garden where every plant is known individually and something I love.

[NatureShy]

Rock gardens, native gardens, and alpine gardens, some of my absolute favorites. And they can have a lot of overlap, like a native alpine rock garden.