Classic British and French Garden elements.

Knot Gardens and Parterres.

Hard to say one without the other being mention, as they are both interchangeable.

The formal descriptions and definitions below.

What is a Parterre?

What is a Knot Garden?

Examples by @shadowofthegardener

North Brook House Knot Garden

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A staple feature of gardens big and small up and down the country.

Simple in design through to extensive and impressive complexity.

Being both a feature and a backdrop when scaled up or spread out across the land.

While also being delicate and elegant when used in small spaces, helping to define cloisters and courtyards.

Or when surrounding Lawns or Formal Gardens.

A feature well versed in being crafted to house herb gardens as well as flower arrangements.

Box, Lonicera or Yew Hedges?

Box Hedges are the most common material used for Knot and Parterre Gardens.

Though does suffer issues with Box Blight.

So we advise using Lonicera Lonicera Nitida hedging for this.

As Yew has high levels of toxicity and can be harmful to humans, pets and cattle.

Box Blight?

Box blight can be the bane of many gardeners and Ornamental feature owners; especially in prolonged wet weather and years with higher than average rainfall.  It can decimate a feature or hedge if not caught early & treated properly.

Even repairing a small section can ruin a lovely feature for years.

Or detract from a stunning feature; for along time till it has regrown or been repaired or replaced.

It can also be time intensive to treat, tend and retrain.

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