No. 89 Landscaping · Colonial
Colonial Garden with White Picket Fence
Framed by a white picket fence, trimmed boxwood, and hydrangeas, this lawn leads across stone paving toward a red brick Georgian colonial house with black shutters, mature trees, and dense hedge screening for privacy.
Design notes
Colonial design is symmetry and restraint. Look for a central axis from the back door, matched beds and hedges either side, bluestone or brick terraces with tight joints, and white or black picket and post-and-rail fences. Planting is disciplined — boxwood, hydrangea, holly, dogwood and shade trees — and furniture is classic: teak benches, Windsor chairs, a market umbrella. Georgian brick, clapboard and shingle houses all suit it.
What to look for
- Three layers: canopy, shrubs, groundcover
- How hardscape and planting share the edges
- Plants suited to the climate, not just the photo




