This is an image of a stunning English rear yard with trees, shrubs and steps set into the well trimmed lawn. A table and chairs looks out onto the landscape and must bewilder at the beauty. 

English gardens are a part of England’s heritage and something that has taken often centuries to develop. It’s no surprise then that many people admire the look of a classic English garden and often seek out ideas as to how they can replicate the look for their own homes. Easier said than done, though due primarily to the unique English climate and the need to mix and match the right plants that will thrive in that very environment. 

The first essential requirement for your English garden is of course the grass or lawn. This is one of the ‘foundations’ of the English garden look. It must also receive regular maintenance and attention so as to retain its lush greenness and its well manicured look. Next you have the flowers that will adorn the garden area. Typical for most English gardens are the perennial flowers like Aquilegia, Chrysanthemum,Asters, Daisies and various types of Lavender. For the annuals, the most commonly used are Begonias, Impatiens, Petunias and Dianthus. However, its imperative when choosing the flowers to consider the local climate and make a decision to include or not include various flowers depending on whether or not they have the hardiness to survive the weather extremes.

Then you need to consider the trees and shrubs that will set the scene for the garden and provide a framing to the whole setting. Truth is, you may need to select these first as they will take considerably longer to become established than other features in your garden. One all the plants have been chosen, you then need to look to other interesting features for the garden, such as artwork, pathways, ponds, lakes and foot bridges (if you have enough land). This gallery will give you sone great gardening ideas to create and establish your own English heritage in your own back yard. We know you’ll have lots of fun establishing it and tending to it over the years.

Stunning sculpted garden with feature rocks and layers of plantings set beside a paved pathway

This is a really classical English sight seen in many English villages. Red rose bushes in full bloom adorning the sides of houses and cottages. 

A gracious English mansion with a well established and carefully tended to garden containing intricate small lawn paths and many topiary shaped trees

Traditional English thatched roof house with surrounding cottage gardens and wild flowers and a paved brick pathway. Its odd how the look we see here, is something truly lovely and romantic and yet in other countries or locations, this look may be considered untidy and weedy.

A natural English garden at its best, showing the lawn path with its daisies and surrounding trees and shrubs

A well tended to lawn area with a central feature fish pond containing a statue, lily pads. The mature garden in background frames the lawn area beautifully. 

This shows a colorful English rear garden during spring. A narrow grassed walkway between copious plantings of annuals and perennials allows one to meander down the path to pick the flowers. 

An arbour of pink roses leading to front door of an English cottage. The white picket fence (a thing many dreams are made of) completes the English-ness of this scene

English front cottage garden with wooden seat. 

A stunning pathway of lavender with overhead structures and trees and bushes. A shingle path leads to a central spot for a seat

This is you typical hatched roof Hansel & Gretel style cottage during autumn (fall) with a carefully mowed lawn, well maintained garden and a gravel pathway

A beautiful piece of English countryside. This English canal setting with its traditional garden and canal-side lawn and plantings make you just want to lie down and soak up the atmosphere. 

Brilliant lawned area with featured sundial, inset steps and sculpted topiary trees lining the walkway. Shrubs and flowers surround the sundial grassed area

Well thought out English garden with separate colorful planted areas

These English cottages are luckily situated within a stunning well planted mature garden scene. Different colored flowers, carefully shaped and trimmed hedging add to the interesting uniqueness of the area

Sculpted and shaped shrubs set amidst large rock forms in an English garden

A feeling of home comfort is evoked when I look at this image. A typical green English rear garden shed that wreaks of practicalities, romanticism and even brings back images of childhood. 

There’s nothing like a pathway of dappled shade with overhanging trees ‘holding hands’ above you. A great place for romantics

A sundial set amidst pots of white flowers and on a bricked pathway planted with buxus hedging border and matching white and purple flowers

A beautiful pathway with rocks and manicured shrubs

Such an idyllic summer setting in an English garden with table and chairs and brightly colored trees and bushes highlighting the brilliance of the season

An elegant English garden with bench seat set on a brick paved pathway with carefully shaped trees and bushes and lots of buxus box hedging. 

Rows of red tulips and contained by buxus heading with tree blossoms heralding in spring in this very English of garden settings

Another wondrous well  planted mature English garden setting. Multiple tree species thrive and do well in this English climate

A beautiful English park-like lawn garden outlook over lake and footbridge during autumn. The serenity of the lake outlook provides a real sense of peace

An amazing planted English garden area with an abundance of different flower varieties and colors and a well manicured and cut lawn

Peaceful and relaxed English garden setting by a pond and an old tree. Velvet like grass and well trimmed hedges (in the distance) show a true labor of love

Beautiful private English garden area with bench seat and flower laden arbor. Small rocks inset into the lawn create a stepping stone pathway to the main path

An older English thatched roof cottage showing off its mature garden with a typical path, lawn and lots of distant mature trees

Small bench seat sitting amidst a shaped shrub and potted flowers against a shingle pathway.

Luxurious thought provoking English meadow. This is one of those images where you just want to go and frolic amongst the overgrown grass. Welcome back childhood!