Does your garden have a theme? Maybe you’ve never tried to create a theme with your garden, and you have no idea where to start. At the core, a themed garden design is landscaping based on a specific idea or concept. There are several more well-known garden themes out there, including:

  • Butterfly gardens
  • Chinese gardens
  • Desert gardens
  • Japanese gardens
  • Wildlife gardens
  • Zen gardens

Arguably one of the hardest parts of this process is coming up with the central design idea. Once you pick out an idea that you like, everything else should gradually fall into place. The easiest way to go about this is to think of what you enjoy and let the concept grow from this thought process.

Your garden theme design can vary widely, and you’re spoiled for choice. The only limits to your theme are your imagination. However, this can also be overwhelming, so we’ll give you several theme ideas with examples of flowers you can incorporate into your own yard below.

Wildflower Themed Garden

If you love how wildflowers look, you can easily design a wildflower-friendly garden that you’ll fill with native plants. Depending on your location, bluebells, penstemon, lupine, and coneflower are all excellent picks. Maybe you love wildflowers, but you’re more of a night person. If this is the case, the moonflower, Casa Blanca lily, Queen of the Night, and Gardenia Augusta are all solid choices that bloom during the evening hours.

Color Themed Garden

Do you have a favorite color or colors? You could go for a cool green garden that showcases pops of vibrant yellow or orange blooms, or maybe you want a blue garden. Marigolds, yellow roses, sunflowers, lilies, tulips, and some daisies come in shades of yellow and orange. For a blue garden, try hydrangeas, larkspur, sage, bellflowers, or morning glories. Whatever colors you choose, you can incorporate them into your plant pots or borders too.

Elizabethan Themed Garden

Perhaps you’re someone who is into a more classic design with a calming look and feel. If so, you could incorporate carefully placed benches with deep green hedges framing the garden. Other nice classic touches are water features like fountains, statues, or even a low rock wall.

Consider Your Climate and Home Style

In the early stages of developing your garden theme, consider your local climate because this impacts what will and won’t thrive in your garden. For example, it would be challenging to have a desert garden in Florida, or you would have a challenging time creating a tropical-themed garden in the American Southwest.

Your home’s style will also impact which garden theme you choose. If you live in an older, stately home, incorporating a formal Victorian garden is a great fit. But, having a rock garden with this type of home could look out of place and impact your overall aesthetic.

Contact Evergreen Landscaping

Would you like help bringing your garden theme to life? Maybe you’re not sure which plants will do best in your local climate. Either way, our staff is here to help. You can reach out and get in touch with us to start the design process and get tips and advice.