While they are new the pergola and fountain are classic english garden elements as are schofields choice of plants among the species that grace this garden are the climbing rose new dawn the fragrant flowering shrub philadelphus belle etoile lavender hidcote hydrangea annabelle wisteria and zebra grass. The classic elements of a traditional english garden beautiful and iconic english gardens offer you a great way to make a bold statement and celebrate your joy of gardening if youre planning an overhaul of your backyard landscaping near westchester county and like the look of english gardens then keep reading to discover the classic elements of this type of landscape design. The english landscape garden also called english landscape park or simply the english garden is a style of landscape garden which emerged in england in the early 18th century and spread across europe replacing the more formal symmetrical jardin a la francaise of the 17th century as the principal gardening style of europe the english garden presented an idealized view of nature created and pioneered by william kent the informal garden style originated as a revolt against the . Classic english gardens by emilie c harting in england gardens are almost never out of sight every village and town has its public park with colorful beds universities have their own botanic gardens and often as you drive or walk along you see natural gardens wrapping themselves around cottages rosebushes draping themselves over