Why french you ask? Because it started as a medieval garden, but a visitor from Europe remarked, “You have medieval plants in this garden, but the layout is French!” Viola!
The symmetrical layout, a square defined by walkways and a privet hedge, contains a garden within the garden. The center garden at one time featured a collection of miniature and David Austin roses. However, the privet has grown to such an extent that its root system has taken over the rose beds! So we put huge pots of petunias there in the summer.