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These jaw-dropping outdoor designs will inspire you no end to create your own piece of outdoor haven.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Classical fountain centerpieces anchor formal garden designs as dramatic focal points that combine visual beauty with soothing water sounds. Cool season grasses like fine fescue or bentgrass work best for formal applications due to their dense growth patterns and ability to maintain consistent color. We achieve these effects by alternating mowing directions, which bends grass blades to reflect light differently and creates contrasting bands of color. Striped mowing patterns create visual interest while reinforcing the geometric theme of formal gardens. These areas demand weekly mowing with precise edge trimming to achieve the carpet like appearance that defines formal landscapes.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
You can use a combination of slabs and gravel to make patterns too. Stairs and stepping stones connect the areas and provide an informal border for the plantings. Any big or small outdoor space can be transformed into a beautiful retreat. With an artistic combination of simple clean lines, white fence, white climbing roses and black lanterns, this modern farmhouse landscape design is simple and elegant. In spring paperwhites and tulips play the main part, while hydrangeas and dahlias add lushness to the outdoor room from summer through fall season. This stunning sunken garden designed by Claus Dalby is a white garden with only white flowers and matching foliage plants.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n