Colonial Kitchen Garden

The fourth graders from Mrs. Diaz's class found inspiration for their garden while on a field trip to Gunston Hall, the home of George Mason.  Gunston Hall, like most Virginia colonial era plantations, had a kitchen garden close to the main house.  Primarily, medicinal herbs and vegetables were grown in such gardens.  Gardens of this style  followed strict symmetry.  The symmetrical designs were echoed in the house itself and the overall layout of the grounds.  Here are three designs for the fourth grade garden.  See if you can find the symmetry.  Which elements do you think work well?  If you designed a symmetrical garden, what would it look like?  What shapes might you include?  How would you use the colors of the flowers and leaves to create symmetry?