Modern Garden Design

Modern garden design has become an essential partcontext of garden design. This has brought in more
of gardening. Modern architecture started in Europeartificial assets to the garden. These include placing
since the beginning of twentieth century but it wassome furniture on the garden or arranging for
not only then that the concept of modern gardenseparate lights.
designing acquired prominence. Modern design startedThis will also include the provision of barbeque in your
in United States in California. 'Modern' means 'simple'.garden and presence of shelters and screens in the
Modernity is all about keeping things simple andarea. In fact, nowadays, modern gardens also contain
ordered. This has transmitted to the sphere ofswimming pools. There is the scope for the placing of
gardening too. In this article we shall discuss how youa variety of other articles in your garden.
can make a garden "modern".Space and time are important constraints in the
Modern garden designs are rare to find as mostpresent world. Modern garden designs are made with
gardens follow the traditional approach. Traditionala view to suit both. Plants have to be arranged
approach is largely decorative and gardens have tocarefully so that they do not take up excessive
be decorative for the simple purpose of theirspace. At the same time, the variety of plants will
existence is to provide beauty and relaxation todecrease as compared to traditional gardens if you
people. It is difficult to apply concrete "modern"are not considering gardening as your hobby.
methods to complex forms of nature. But this idea isPrivacy is an important factor so plywood, opaque
changing.plastic and lattice (closely woven) are used to
Featuresseparate one's garden from the road. Expensive
Present concept of modern garden designs considersconcrete walls are out of fashion. Shadow effect
the garden as extension of the house and not as athat is created by using unusual forms in the gardens
greenhouse. This has led to certain innovations in theis a characteristic feature of modern gardens.