Artfully blend formal and wild with these garden design ideas from Hollister House in Connecticut.

And yet its garden design ideas can translateand bring magicto yards of any size.

Plants grow; plants die.

Hollister House garden

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I am always repainting the picture.

Chartreuse (also thinkladys mantleorcreeping Jenny) is one of the best colors for lightening a planting scheme.

This is an often-repeated design element at Sissinghurst as well as at Hollister House.

stone pathway in Hollister House garden in Connecticut

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A patinaed kettle filled withpansies, below, asks you to step around before continuing through the archway.

For cohesion, George has limited his colors to yellow with a splash of white and blue.

Deep burgundy accents are repeated in the central urn and inJapanese maplesjust beyond the garden.

garden pond at Hollister House garden in Connecticut

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Hollister House garden on clear day

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tree lined grounds at Hollister House garden in Connecticut

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container plant and plants growing on brick wall at Hollister House in Connecticut

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Hollister House garden pathway

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hedges at Hollister House garden

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