Naturalistic garden

Lottie Delamain considers the characteristic of Dutch plantsman Piet Oudolf's famous style of naturalistic planting, and advises on how to get the look at home

Find out which plants helped this backyard become an ecologically friendly place for creatures of all kinds to hang out

With its borders of tall ornamental grasses, roses and perennials, formal box parterres and a central reflecting pool, this Suffolk garden is an elegant testament to designer Frederic Whyte's ability to balance formality and order with naturalistic beauty.

This garden’s matrix-style planting is composed of more than 40 genera organized by their functional role. Find plant IDs here.

Discover flowers and plants from Hauser and Wirth Somerset and Piet Oudolf's brilliantly planted field

Gardener and designer Tim Pilgrim has transformed a once flat block of land into a magical garden that blooms and evolves with the seasons.

Jo Ferguson on Instagram: “We must all get behind @globalgardensofpeace a project lead by Moira Kelly and Andrew Laidlaw.”

We reached out to landscape architect Thomas Rainer and garden designer Piet Oudolf to get some answers on naturalistic gardens.

Minimal maintenance, colorful blooms and buzzing with biodiversity: how to accomplish the naturalistic garden style right in your backyard.

Browse photos of residential steep slope landscaping on Houzz and find the best residential steep slope landscaping pictures & ideas.

While gardening trends come and go, the enthusiasm for natural-style gardens is proving something of stayer. A new survey of such gardens shows us how we might introduce more wildness into our patch.