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A formal garden is based on symmetry although you can have either a symmetrical formal garden or an asymmetrical one. The shapes of beds and features of both types of gardens tend to be regular rectangles or ovals and the paths are straight. Plants of the same type are usually planted to create symmetry. An example would be: two globes of common boxwood (Buxus sempervirens ) on each side of a doorway.