The Baroque Garden: Royal Flair in Your Own Garden

The most detailed area of the Baroque garden is the parterre. It is always located directly at the foot of the building and is kept flat. This allowed the rulers to enjoy the geometric design from an aerial view. In this area, low plants dominate, with beds framed by boxwood in ornamental shapes, surrounded by neatly trimmed grass or single-colored gravel. These ornaments are then filled with annual or biennial flowers such as snapdragons, primroses, violets, daylilies, marigolds, etc. A classic statue or a classical fountain serves as the focal point of the parterre.

In general, Greek and Roman mythology played a significant role in the Baroque period. Therefore, one can almost always find references to mythological tales and traditions in Baroque gardens.

To design a beautiful parterre, you should not only familiarize yourself with the possible shapes for the ornaments but also mark the areas in your garden very carefully, so they turn out as accurately as possible.

Before the expansive forest zone connected to the Baroque garden, the boskett was created. Here, bushes and trees were shaped into geometrically precise hedges and pathways, allowing visitors to wander through the garden like they would through the chambers of a palace, lose themselves in labyrinths, or listen to open-air concerts.

The gardeners used flowering shrubs such as lilacs and roses, but also formed walls from privet, beeches, and barberries. And, once again, the patient boxwood, which endures even the most severe pruning, was used in every conceivable form in the Baroque garden.

To truly complete the grand and mythical character of a Baroque garden, sculptures modeled after ancient examples must not be missing.