Lady Clark’s formal and symmetrically balanced garden with roses hedged in with boxwood in Redenham Park in the U.K. (Rita Perwich) By Rita Perwich PUBLISHED: February 1, 2025 at 5:30 AM PST ...

If you love formal gardens — characterized by bold, geometric shapes — but can't make it work in our desert climate, here are some helpful tips.

Most recently, Melania Trump unveiled a new Rose Garden design on August 22. ... It was designed as a formal flower garden, before the space was used for events and press conferences.

Despite its royal roots, a formal geometrical garden is hardly out of place in D.C. The city’s designer, after all, was a Frenchman, Pierre L’Enfant, who had learned his craft in the gardens ...