colonial gardens
Period estate grounds
Colonial gardens are gardens designed in styles associated with the American colonial period, typically featuring geometric layouts, boxwood hedges, brick pathways, and herbs or flowering plants common to the 17th and 18th centuries.
Many historic sites maintain or recreate colonial gardens as interpretive exhibits: The colonial gardens at Williamsburg attract thousands of visitors each year.
The term also describes a contemporary gardening style that evokes this aesthetic.
- boxwoodDense-grained ornamental shrub
- box hedgeTrimmed shrub barrier
- hedgesPlanted boundary lines
- parterrePatterned ornamental garden beds
- sundialShadow-based timekeeper
herbaceous · topiary · heirloom · brick · pathways · lavender · roses · old roses · formal · symmetry · physic · apothecary · Williamsburg · Georgian · plantation · espaliered · arbor · rose arbor
- gardeningflowers, seeds, soil, plants, planting
- Colonial AmericaGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Declaration of Independence
- heritage tourismheritage trails, heritage centers, plantation tours, battlefield tours, historic forts
- floristrybouquets, arrangements, corsages, bouquet, centerpieces
- Colonial architectureFederal style, Georgian style, Mount Vernon, Monticello, dormer windows
- Dutch EmpireDutch East India Company, VOC, Batavia, New Amsterdam, Suriname
colonial gardenswild gardens
Intentionally unkempt plantings
native plant gardens · wilderness · cottage gardens · organic gardens
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