country gardens

Rustic outdoor spaces

Country gardens are informal, romantic gardens that evoke rural English landscapes—abundant with flowering perennials, climbing roses, and meandering paths rather than rigid geometric designs.

The style emphasizes a lush, slightly wild aesthetic: Her country garden was overflowing with lavender and hollyhocks.

The term also names a traditional English folk song and dance tune.

Related

wildflowers · flower bed · birdsong · bird bath · honeybees · lavender · stone walls · winding paths · hollyhocks · potting shed · orchard · apple tree · delphiniums · meadow · wheelbarrow · trellis · foxgloves · rambling

Categories
Opposites
setting/location

country gardenscity gardens

Cultivated plots in towns

rooftop gardens · balcony gardens · courtyard gardens · indoor plants · vertical gardens

scale and formality

country gardensformal gardens

Deliberately structured ornamental landscapes

manicured lawns · estate gardens · palace grounds · container gardens · potted plants

wildness vs. cultivation

country gardenswilderness

Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region

overgrown lots · fallow fields · jungle · wasteland · scrubland

Family

country, garden, countries, countrified, countryside, countrymen, countryman, countrywoman, countrywomen

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G