Formal Garden

The Formal Garden was influenced by Renaissance and Baroque formal gardens. High hedges and walls create a self-contained area that draws the eye inward.

Formal components include topiary features, low box hedging, yew hedging and a line of pleached hornbeam to the rear of the boundary wall. These elements give a reassuring impression of established order and contrast with the looser shapes and bright colours of the climbers, colour-themed herbaceous plants and large specimen shrubs.

The willow pool is the focal point of the garden – a dynamic water feature where sculptural fish jump upstream.

Barnes Walker

Based in Manchester, Barnes Walker is a highly respected landscape design consultancy who are well known for producing high-quality gardens. They have undertaken the masterplanning and detailed design of the new Springfields Festival Gardens and have designed and built the Formal Garden.

The practice offers a full range of Landscape Consultancy services. Of particular value is the practice’s ability to work at different scales, as demonstrated by their work here at Springfields. http://www.barneswalker.co.uk/