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• In ancient times gardens were rarely used for pleasure – always served a
purpose
• Did not have any economic benefit
• There were kitchen garden, temple garden or a tomb garden
JOURNEY OF GARDENS
• Garden required time, money and space
• Developed when people started settling down
• From functional in ancient times – large gardens during the Renaissance,
for strolling, exhibitions, tea parties, etc.
• Driven by change in lifestyle – flourishing trade and commerce.
• Extravagant and luxurious lifestyles – status symbols
• Small back yard kitchen garden
• Pleasure gardens for relaxation
EVOLUTION OF GARDENS
• EGYPTIAN GARDENS
TIMELINE
• GREEK AND ROMAN GARDENS
• PERSIAN GARDENS
• HANGING GARDENS OF CONCEPT
BABYLON
• SPANISH, MEXICAN, AND INFLUENCESM
CALIFORNIA GARDENS
• CHINESE GARDENS ELEMENTS
• JAPANESE GARDENS
• ITALIAN RENAISSANCE CHARACTERISTICS
GARDENS
• FRENCH GARDENS
TYPES
• ENGLISH GARDENS
• MODERN GARDENS – USA
EXAMPLES
• GARDENS OF INDIA
GARDEN
• Usually outdoors
• Set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other
forms of nature.
• Formal gardens
• Informal gardens
• Traditional materials
• Dense plantings
• Utilitarian garden.
Therapeutic Garden
• It is an outdoor garden space that has been
specifically designed to meet the physical,
psychological, social and spiritual needs of
the people
• Variety of settings
The settings can be designed to include active uses such as raised planters
for horticultural therapy activities programmed for passive uses such as
quiet private sitting areas next to a small pond with a trickling waterfall.
VERTICAL GARDEN
• Rock gardens
• Desert or succulent gardens.
• Zen Gardens
ROCK GARDEN
Softscape
Plants are available in a variety of colors,
shapes, textures, and sizes. When selecting
softscape:
Consider these the "soft" horticultural
(living, growing) components of the
landscape. These might include flowers,
trees, shrubs, ground covers, etc.
Change and evolve constantly, as they grow
and adapt to climate and other conditions.
Hardscaping:
•Design with material"hard," yet movable,
parts of the landscape, like gravel, paving,
and stones.
•They are inanimate objects.
•Hardscape is solid and unchanging.
•Other examples of hardscape include
retaining walls, pavers for paths or
patios, outdoor kitchens, water
features, gazebos decks, and driveways.
•It can be natural, like stone, or manmade,
like an outdoor structure or a planter.
•Hardscape materials have different effects
on the environment. Pavement, which is
hardscape,
•Porous materials allow water to soak into
the soil.
Assignment for next class:
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