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Definition of Formal garden
1. Noun. A garden laid out on regular lines with plants arranged in symmetrical locations or in geometrical designs.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Formal Garden
Literary usage of Formal garden
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practical Book of Garden Architecture by Phebe Westcott Humphreys (1914)
"xvm FRENCH FURNISHINGS FOR THE formal garden PRACTICAL ACCESSORIES WELL ADAPTED
TO FORMAL COMPOSITION IN the shady sections of the garden, where flowers ..."
2. City Development: A Study of Parks, Gardens, and Culture-institutes; a by Patrick Geddes (1904)
"Shall we, then, give this up, and return to the ordinary formal garden of promenades
... Thus we have our formal garden also, and that of the best type, ..."
3. Gardeners Chronicle, the Horticultural Trade Journal (1897)
"They wished for the formal garden of Hampton Court Palace, on the one hand, or
the garden at Hatfield House. Of course, the ground area at their disposal ..."
4. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1907)
"Very often now terms of gardening are misapplied, confusing the mind of the
student, and the air is full of a new term—the "formal " garden. ..."
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