Marrying traditional formal garden design with a refreshing swimming pool creates a romantic, timeless aesthetic reminiscent of historic country estates.
- How to Make It: Frame a rectangular swimming pool with manicured boxwood hedges and crushed gravel pathways. Plant overflowing borders of English roses, delphiniums, foxgloves, and catmint just beyond the hedging to add soft color and fragrance. Position a classic wrought-iron garden bench under a wrought-iron trellis covered in climbing white roses. Use antique stone coping stones that appear weathered and aged.
- Tips and Variations: Incorporate a classic stone pool house with multi-pane French doors and climbing ivy on the exterior walls. Swap modern sun loungers for vintage-style wire-frame garden chairs.
- Essential Materials: Boxwood hedges, crushed limestone gravel, English roses, antique stone pavers, wrought-iron furniture, and climbing ivy.
7. Coastal Hamptons Elegance