plasko20 said: People may have been right in their suggestions of joining up the plants into one or 2 bigger beds. You may also need a gravel path to get to your urn so you do not wear down the grass.
I would probably choose a sundial over an urn, but that is just me.
Here are a couple examples stolen from the internet. Note the straight formal lines in one, versus the swirly lines in the other:
I think you are off to a great start. Come back an post more pics once you get it together, I would love to see the final product.
Edited to add: your trees in the back line do not appear to be healthy. You may wish to investigate. It would ruin your formal garden to have a line of dead trees.
Wow these are great designs! thanks for the tip! I picked up a few cherry trees for the front yard and this autumn cherry for the back. Initially I was planning to plant this in the right side to cast shade on the maples and have a redbud on the left which gets afternoon shade. I like the contrast between white flowers and ever green in the background. Now I'm having second thoughts. I feel it won't look symmetric. Maybe I should do cherries on both sides? Or skip it all together.
Can I keep cherries trees pruned to make them look more formal? I only have about 24ft to the property line on the left side so it has to be kept upright and not too wide.
The trees in the back are green giants. The color is lighter green compared to Leyland Cypress. Is the color that seems off? I did not plant those tree myself but they've been planted too close to each other. The thought process was if they planted too close they won't grow as tall. (And probably don't live as long!)
