By
eHow Home & Garden Editor
Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Formal Garden
Step1
Choose your shape - usually a simple square or rectangle for a formal rose garden.
Step2
Use hybrid teas, grandifloras and floribundas as the backbone of the design of your formal rose garden.
Step3
Lay out straight rows of roses, and plant only one type of rose in each row or bed. Use neatly trimmed lawn or paving stones to separate the beds.
Step4
Find a focal spot for the garden and plant a perfect rose in that spot. Grandifloras and floribundas both bloom vigorously and nearly continuously and serve as an attractive focal point.
Step5
Surround the garden with latticework to support climbing roses.
Informal Garden
Step1
Vary the types of roses and their placement for a less formally designed garden. Straight rows of individual rose types are not a feature of the informal garden.
Step2
Relax the design for an informal rose garden. Use curving lines to soften the edges of the beds and the entire garden.
Step3
Mix old-fashioned and modern roses together. Shrub roses make a good backdrop for the newer hybrid teas.
Cottage Garden
Step1
Combine roses with your other favorites and even edible plants to design a cottage garden.
Step2
Plant taller plants and shrubs at the back of the cottage garden, then gradually decrease the height of the plants as you work toward the front.
Step3
Avoid straight lines when designing a cottage garden. Draw meandering paths and curved edges in the garden design.