How Does From Formal to Wild: History of English Garden Design Work?

Imagine your room is like a garden that starts very tidy and turns into something fun and messy, just like how English gardens changed from formal to wild over time.

Gardens used to be like neatly arranged toys, everything in straight lines, like when you line up your blocks. That’s called formal design. People used to make gardens with hedges that looked like walls, and flowers lined up like soldiers. It was all very neat and planned out, just like a perfect puzzle.

But over time, people got tired of everything being so straight. They started letting nature have more say. That’s when wild gardens came in, like when you let your toys spill out of the box and make a fun mess. Wild gardens had bigger plants, flowers that spread out like a painting, and paths that meandered like a story.

It's like going from coloring inside the lines to splashing paint everywhere, both are fun, but they look very different!