Your Garden Design Style Quiz

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  What would you say your indoor design style is?

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    Modern
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    Modern Contemporary
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    Rustic/Farm House
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    Industrial
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    European (English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian)
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    Other
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  Which garden style do you like most?

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    English
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    Japanese
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    Modern/American
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    Italian
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    French
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  English it is! What looks the best to you?

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    English Revival
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    Old English
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    Victorian/Prairie
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  Black, green, or white? All are possible in a tea garden! Which looks best to you?

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    Traditional
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    Wetland
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    Terrace
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  So sleek, so modern. Which looks best to you?

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    Modern Woodland
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    Minimalist 
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    Californian
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    American
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  Benvenuto! Which looks best to you?

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    Modern Italian
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    Formal
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    Renaissance Revival
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    Wetland
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    Tuscany
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  Ooh La La! Which one looks best to you?

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    Parisian
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    Countryside
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    Modern
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    Renaissance Revival

Quiz Outcomes

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  English Revival

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  Full yet organized. Elegant yet rustic. The English Revival garden incorporates both extremes of the garden design world. A relaxing atmosphere that offers a wide variety of colors and textures.
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  Old English

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  Messy but composed, the Old English style packs a huge number of colors and textures into small and tight places. Old English gardens offer a retreat-style atmosphere in even the smallest of outdoor spaces.
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  Victorian/Prairie

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  A bit more formal than the other English styles. A Victorian or Prairie garden offers clean, well established garden beds that are full to the brim with color and textures. Grasses and native plants are often incorporated into these garden spaces which offers a deeper connection with the outdoors.
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  Japanese Traditional

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  Dating back centuries, the Traditional Japanese garden centers on relaxation and a deep connection to your natural surroundings. This garden style marries different plant and hardscape textures to mimic the style of the surrounding natural landscape. A central tea house is always incorporated into these gardens as a gathering place in the heart of the garden.
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  Wetland

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  A Wetland Japanese garden focuses on the element of water and our eternal connection to the element. A central pond or fountain replaces the central tea house commonly found in traditional Japanese gardens. Wetland plants and natural stones are used to create a perfectly engineered natural-looking landscape.
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  Terrace

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  Found almost exclusively in the small tea villages in the hills of Japan, the Japanese Terrace gardens utilize the natural steps of the hills to create a gorgeous natural-looking retreat. Unlike Traditional Japanese gardens, the Terrace gardens do not have a central gathering point. Rather, they have multiple paths that lead to smaller meeting points throughout the landscape. Natural plants and stones are used to create a scene as close to natural as possible.
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  Modern Woodland

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  The Modern Woodland garden incorporates a natural-style planting plan with modern bed lines and hardscape materials. Water is often utilized as a sound enhancer and is usually not considered a focal point. The plants used in this style are usually a mix of natives and natural-looking non-natives. This garden is all about relaxation and retreat!
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  Minimalist

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  A minimalist garden is just that, minimalist. With a limited plant pallet and limited hardscape material list, this garden style offers a clean and carefree garden space. This garden style usually requires much less maintenance than others and offers a much larger living space for you!
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  Californian

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  One day, a Minimalist garden and an American garden fell in love and had a baby. That baby is the Californian garden style. This garden style offers the minimalist plant and hardscape list with the modern flares of the American garden style. Incorporated wood accents and landscape lighting offer multiple design dimensions to even the smallest of garden spaces.
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  American

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  The American garden style offers a sleek and clean look while still utilizing a large plant pallet and multiple structures throughout the garden space. Turf is often used as a ground cover between pavers and in walkways. Whites, greys, and blacks accented by different greens, yellows, whites, and pinks.
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  Modern Italian

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  The Modern Italian garden style offers a structured look with tightly sculpted planting beds surrounding a central bed or pond that usually contains a fountain. Hedges and stone pathways are used to direct people to the center of the garden while still being able to enjoy the different plantings along the way. Modern Italian gardens are the grandparents to today's raised garden beds.
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  Formal

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  Formal Italian gardens are low on the hardscape materials but very heavy on the plant list. Turf is often used in pathways and to create large open spaces throughout the garden area. The entire garden is most often centered around a fountain or statue that is not easily visible from outside the garden.
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  Renaissance Revival

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  Formal, formal, formal. The Renaissance Revival garden is just that, a revival of the Renaissance. This formal layout offers multiple "center points" throughout the landscape that usually incorporate statues or fountains. The light plant pallet allows the eye to relax and the person to destress as they meander through the maze of boxwoods and yews.
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  Wetland

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  The Italian Wetland garden style offers a garden space centered on a massive pond that is often adorned with a statue or fountain. Multiple different wetland and water plants are used to create a natural-looking garden space. Most Italian Wetland garden areas use gravel and natural stones as accents and pathway materials.
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  Tuscany

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  Can you taste the olive oil? What about the wine? The Tuscany garden style comes from, you guessed it, Tuscany. The evergreen-heavy planting style is contrasted by the clean, natural stone. Terraces are often used to create depth within the landscape.
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  Parisian

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  Tres Chic! The Parisian garden style packs a huge punch of color into very small garden spaces. This style is often used in courtyards or smaller garden areas. Pinks, whites, purples, and greens are the colors most used in these gardens which are often accompanied by natural stone and turf.
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  Countryside

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  Cheese, wine, and cut flowers. What else do you need? A French Countryside garden can help you with one of those three. Often planted full with flowers and grasses used in floral arrangements, the Countryside garden style offers a multi-use garden area. These gardens are usually walled off by either a fence or stone wall and often do not incorporate turf. Evergreens are used as bed edgers and hedges.
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  Modern

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  A Modern French garden almost never includes turf. Turf areas are often replaced with fine gravel or pea gravel. Evergreens and trees make up most of the plant pallet. These gardens have one purpose: relaxation.
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  Renaissance Revival

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  France was an epicenter for the Renaissance so it is no surprise that France's most famous gardens are in this style. Large, open areas with grand planting beds and living walls are the staples of this garden style. Color is used as an accent and is usually focused around gathering areas and fountains.