No. 78 Landscaping · Colonial
Tiered Water Feature Leading to Circular Pond
Outside a colonial Georgian brick house with black shutters, a tiered stone walkway features a stepped water feature and circular pond flanked by manicured boxwood hedges, flowering shrubs, and a white picket fence.
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
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