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Depending on your taste and standards, there are different types of gardens that you can build in your yard. Here is a quick rundown of the different types and a brief description of each.

A formal garden is a type of garden whose components is commonly arranged in either a geometric pattern or a symmetrical way. The trees, shrubs, and flower beds in this type of garden follow a certain pattern of arrangement. A formal garden is applicable for large areas and is usually seen in national parks.

A flower garden is a type that whose area is greatly filled or bordered by different flower beds. The arrangement of the flower beds can be based on certain criteria such as seasonality, dimensions of the flowering plant or color of the flowers. A beautifully planned flower garden contains different kinds of flowering plants that alternately bloom every season.

A rock garden is a type that is usually planted with small plants and vines, and the surrounding is decorated with different rocks. The design of this type of garden usually resembles that of a mountainside view where different types of rocks coexist with different plants.

A fruit and vegetable garden is a type that where different fruits and vegetables are planted. Usually, this type of garden can either contain only vegetables or only fruits, but it is greatly wanted that the two are planted together to attain variety. Variety is not only advantageous to the garden buy to the soil also since they have different nutritional requirements thus if both plants are placed, the soil has time to recover from the minerals that it has provided the plants and has been lost by it.