5/29/2023 0 Comments Vinyl arts and crafts garden gate![]() ![]() The Arts and Crafts movement was championed by brothers Charles and Henry Greene in America, while here in Britain, Gertrude Jekyll was its best-known advocate. The plantings have moved away from the meadow style that gained influence over the last decade and toward voluptuous borders with repetitive clumps of perennials that soften the outlines of paths and walls. It uses familiar components of the original Arts and Crafts garden - linear paths, terraces, tall and clipped hedges backing wide herbaceous borders and bold topiary - but gives it a modern twist. The new English style has a traditional cottage garden feel but a fresher look. This new style has roots in the Arts and Crafts gardens that were so popular in the early part of the last century. ![]() One of the interesting style developments at the 2012 Chelsea Flower Show was the "new English" style of planting that we saw in show gardens such as the M&G Investments Garden by Andy Sturgeon.
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