| Landscape gardening is basically the design style | | | | gardener focus on the detail when he actually gets |
| characteristic of the English gardens dating back to | | | | round to designing his own garden. |
| eighteenth century, particularly with the work of | | | | Greenhouses can also be built using landscape |
| Lancelot 'Capability' Brown. It became popular in the | | | | gardening and they can be included inside the garden |
| nineteenth century when the classical style | | | | together with a cold-frame. Furthermore, the |
| emphasizing meandering curves and clumps had | | | | landscape gardener or planner can include ornamental |
| become old-fashioned. Garden contractors started | | | | horticulture such as fancy home grown vegetables, |
| using the term 'landscape gardener', in the twentieth | | | | herbs, fruit trees, bushes, etc. |
| century. | | | | Entertaining features are a part of landscape |
| Landscape gardening is concerned with the following:o | | | | gardening as well. BBQ area, a seating/dining area, |
| Preparation of plans and drawings and scheduling | | | | space on the lawn for activities are all entertainment |
| landscape construction.o Preparation of specifications | | | | options that can be included in personal gardens. |
| and quotations.o Arranging areas for landscape | | | | These entertainment facilities differ according to the |
| gardening.o Analysis of gardening sites and clearing | | | | requirement of the business or the individual who |
| debris for landscape gardening.o Estimation and | | | | owns the garden. |
| ordering of landscaping materials.o Selecting the plants | | | | Proper planning must be done to ensure that each |
| and materials needed to create landscapes.o Setting | | | | and every landscape gardening option has a proper |
| out and installing 'hardscape' (e.g. brick and stone walls | | | | space. Landscape gardening helps the gardener |
| and paths, timber features) and 'softscape' (plantings) | | | | explore endless possibilities. For instance, if there is no |
| structures.o Constructing and decorating steps and | | | | room for the fruit trees, then perhaps during |
| garden walls. Landscape gardening also involves | | | | landscape gardening, the planner could grow |
| construction of fences, trellises, pergolas, ponds and | | | | fan-trained specimens along a fence, or as a division |
| fountains.o Construction and installation of equipment | | | | between two parts of the garden - trained along |
| like ferneries and barbecues. Some of the interesting | | | | horizontal wires or perhaps as a dwarf tree in a large |
| things that you may install include play structures and | | | | patio pot. The greenhouse can be used to raise |
| garden furniture.o Creating various paths, steps and | | | | bedding plants. |
| paved areas. They can be constructed using paving | | | | In landscape gardening, the gardener must be aware |
| materials, gravel and timber.o Performing 'formative' | | | | of the prevalent trends so that he can design the |
| (shaping) pruning.o Maintaining and repairing gardening | | | | landscape accordingly and the requirement of the |
| equipment. | | | | actual garden owner can be fulfilled. Landscape |
| Landscape gardening provides solutions for | | | | garden planning should be made flexible and it should |
| maintaining parks, playgrounds, etc. | | | | be designed in such a way that it will save a fair |
| Personal gardens can also be designed using | | | | degree of space and mess and be picturesque at the |
| landscape designing. The designer can work on | | | | same time. |
| horticulture, water, outdoor play/education for | | | | Landscape gardening can best serve the individual |
| children, storage, ornamental features, recreation, | | | | who's designing his own landscape, such as setting up |
| entertaining, wildlife, lifestyle, security/privacy and a | | | | his own personal garden. He can make it romantic |
| lot of other options while doing landscape gardening. | | | | when designing his own garden, since he is 'living' in |
| These main categories will help the landscape | | | | the area that he wants to design! |