Country Living Magazine’s ‘6 Ways to Plant a Perfect English Garden’ is the ideal primer to prepare your home for the upcoming warmer weather.

When art dealer Joyce Nereaux Moore and her journalist husband, Gerald Moore, bought their home on the riverbank of Hudson, New York, in 1999, they knew they needed to change their then-confused landscape. So the couple devised a grand plan for vast sweeps of color and plantings inspired by the riotous but deliberate English gardening style they adore.

Follow tips from Country Living such as:

• Embracing high-contrast combos
• Define a garden with horticulture and structure
• Make a bold statement by planting in profusion

However you choose to interpret, a lush, welcoming, and healthy garden is summer’s most inviting luxury. Visit our Spring board on Pinterest for more inspiration!