How does your vintage garden grow?

I’ve been reading through this vintage gardening book for ideas on the landscaping of our new old home- it was built in the 1950’s and I just don’t feel right giving it an english garden when it’s all wrong for the mid-century style of the house. Not only does the book have amazing photos of vintage landscaping, it has really great gardening advice that holds firm today (i.e the care and keeping of houseplants.) The photos above are really more for a warmer climate than Ohio, but I still love drawing inspiration from them for future gardening endeavors.