Garden Landscape 101

Posted by Althea Joy Ingrid

A garden landscape is a wonderful and relaxing place to be in away from the hassle and bustle of the noisy downtown. Garden landscaping is usually laid out in a large area but still some gardens are also made in limited space.

Formal Garden Landscaping was Popular in Europe during the Renaissance Era and in 1880s in the United States. Formal gardening landscape are made of geometric patterns that has boundaries that are defined by stone walkways, walls, hedges, fences, fountains, and statuary. Still Formal gardening landscape exists today in Botanical gardens and large estates. While the Modern/Domestic Garden landscape are the ones made on limited available space especially for people who live in urban areas. The following are the types of Garden landscaping that are widely use today which are the Organic, Herb, Roof, Vegetable, Rock, Water, Flower, and Public gardens.

The Organic garden landscape is highly emphasize nowadays because it will not use artificial pesticides and fertilizers that harms living things. This garden landscape they use only biological fertilizers and pesticides to keep the plants healthy.

The Herb garden landscape is found in medieval gardens and botanical gardens. The plants found in this garden landscapes are those with medicinal purposes like parsley, fennel, thyme, marjoram, dill, and rosemary which can be used also in flavoring foods.

Roof garden landscape are found in urban areas which have limited space. The plants are usually in small pots and containers.

The healthiest Garden Landscape is the Vegetable garden landscaping. This garden landscaping type needs an open and sunny location. Rotation of crops is important to prevent disease transmission of the plants to each other. It's also vital that you are knowledgeable on the season that you should plant a vegetable because not all vegetables withstand the same season.

Rock Garden landscape mimics rocky hillside or a slope. In this garden landscape it's vital that it should be part of a hillside. The use of a bit of large boulders looks better than small rocks. The rocks should be arranged to provide various exposures to sun-tolerant plants like rock roses and shade-tolerant plant like primulas.

The location, culture, and climate is important for the water garden landscape. In Europe and North America, the shape of the water garden landscape are rectangular or circular pools that contain one water lilies and a fountain. While the informal water garden landscape in United States and Europe is irregularly shaped and profusion of water lilies. In Japan the water garden landscape have particular and beautiful patterns that has been preserved for centuries. In temperate countries, the water garden landscape is grown under the glass with pools that are heated. The water garden landscape is the oldest form of garden landscape. In Egypt, about 2000 BC the records shows the cultivation of lilies.

Flower Garden Landscaping is perhaps what really caught our attention due to its colorful blooms. The vital components of this garden landscape is the blending and contrast of colors as well as the forms that are stressed in the design. It's important to know which flowers can be planted in the garden.

Last type of garden landscape is the Public garden landscaping. Some Public Garden Landscape are world-famous an example of which is Japanese Garden in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.

There are many varieties of plants available now. So choose which garden landscape you want to have and enjoy.

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