How Do You Design A Formal English Rose Garden?
Designing any kind of garden is difficult, but even more so when designing a formal English rose garden. These types of gardens are very complicated, ornamented and full of different roses. Lines are rarely straight, but instead tend to be curved and rambling or in geometric designs. Many things go into the design of a formal English rose garden besides roses, and everything must be considered. The Egyptians were the first to use mathematics when designing gardens, and the Greeks were the first to take into consideration the architecture of the buildings about the garden. All these things filtered through the years to become part of a formal garden. Pick a location to begin designing the formal rose garden. Make sure the location is in full sun and has rich soil that is well drained. Take measurements of the area with a tape measure and then transfer those to your graph paper. Use the square on the graph paper to symbolize one foot. If your area is 12 by 12 feet, each of the squares ca
