In England the term "Dutch garden" often refers to a formal garden with water features where the space is used efficiently and the layout is essentially rectilinear with cut hedges and shrubs. They were characteristic of English country houses of the later seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, though many fell out of favour and didn't survive to the present day. This example at Hampton Court Gardens in Herefordshire is a reconstruction that captures some of the qualities of this type of garden.
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Olympus OMD E-M10
