What is a formal garden? originally appeared on Dengarden. A formal garden sounds grand and imposing, evoking images of huge, impeccably manicured gardens attached to European palaces. But what if we ...

In England, a substantial country house might be sited in a sheltered combe. In Tuscany, by contrast, an exposed, hilltop site is the location of choice. In the past, defensive considerations were ...

The designers intended for the theatricality of the terraced view to be accentuated by the enclosed viewing amphitheater, thereby contemplating the surrounding landscape and "bringing to stage the ...