No. 66 Landscaping · Colonial
Terraced Lawn with Stone Retaining Walls
Below a colonial Georgian brick house with black shutters, stone retaining walls and steps create grass terraces bordered by clipped boxwood, hydrangeas, flowering trees, and brick pathways.
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
0 Comments
▾
