Geometric Form: Modern gardens use straight lines, simple geometric shapes, and vertical accents to complement the surrounding architecture.
Simplicity: For a clean look, modern garden design is intentional about using limited colour and textural palettes both in the hardscaping and plant choice.
Intentional Spaces: Modern gardens are centered around functionality and include clearly defined open spaces for the intended use.
TIP: A well-designed modern garden uses these key features to create an open and inviting space that is well-balanced with repeating patterns, colours, and textures.
Modern gardens tend to limit plants to those with geometric forms, including spherical, columnar, and vertical growth habits.
– Tall Grasses
– Columnar or Shaped Evergreens
– Tall Single Stem Perennials
Calamagrostis x acu. ‘Karl Foerster’
Deshampsia cespitosa ‘Northern Lights’
Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’
Allium tang. ‘Summer Beauty’
America maritima ‘Dusseldorfer Stolz’
Echinops ritro ‘Veitch’s Blue’
Iris sibirica
Liatris spicata
Ligularia ‘Little Rocket’
Lilium auratum
Lilium lancifolium
Salvia x sylvestris ‘Mainacht’
Juniperus scopulorum ‘Blue Arrow’
Juniperus scop. ‘Skyrocket’
Juniperus scop. ‘Wichita Blue’
Picea abies ‘Little Gem’
Picea abies ‘Nidiformis’
Picea glauca pendula
Pinus mugo ‘Pumilio’
Pinus mugo ‘Slowmound’
Pinus syl. ‘Fastigiata’
Thuja occidentalis ‘Danica’
Thuja occidentalis ‘Holmstrup’
Thuja occidentalis ‘Skybound’