CHAPTER -10

EXAMPLE OF LANDSCAPING

10.1 ENGLISH GARDENS

 The English landscape garden, also
called English landscape park or simply
the English garden, is a style of
“landscape" garden which emerged
in England in the early 18th century, and
spread across Europe, replacing the more
formal, symmetrical  French gardens of
the 17th century as the principal
gardening style of Europe.

 The English garden presented an

idealized view of nature. It drew FIG.59. English garden
inspiration from paintings of landscapes
by Claude Lorraine and Nicolas
Poussin, and, in the Anglo-Chinese
garden, from the classic Chinese
gardens of the East, which had recently
been described by European travelers.

 The English garden usually included a lake, sweeps of gently rolling lawns set against
groves of trees, and recreations of classical temples, Gothic ruins, bridges, and other
picturesque architecture, designed to recreate an idyllic pastoral landscape.

 Lines were no longer straight, paths curve and wander, and parterres are replaced by
grass.
 Trees were planted in clusters rather than in straight lines, and rounded lakes replaced
the rectangular ponds of the earlier style

ELEMENTS within English

OF ENGLISH GARDENgardens
1. recreations of classic buildings 2. bridges
3. Natural stone 4. cobble stone
5. Wattle edges 6. bee skep
7. Lake 7. rolling lawn
8. Tree grove 8. ha ha wall
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10.2. ELEMENT OF ENGLISH GARDEN

10.2.1. RECREATIONS OF CLASSIC BUILDINGS

The existing classical and historical buildings were recreated and were
incorporated in side the English landscape garden.

The stone buildings amongst the green trees were used to give the garden a more
contrasted and theatrical look.

FIG.60. Classical building

FIG.61. bridge

FIG.63. Cobble stone

FIG.62. Natural stone

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10.2. ELEMENT OF ENGLISH GARDEN

FIG.64. wattle edging FIG.65. Bee skep

10.2.2. LAKE
 There was always a lake in the English gardens, most were man-made but all appeared
to be natural forming basins. 

 Their edges were meandering and irregular and often had pathways weaving through
the trees and close to the water’s edge

FIG.66. lake

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10.2. ELEMENT OF ENGLISH GARDEN

10.2.3. ROLLING LAWN

 rolling lawn topography allowed
visitors for surprises as they come
around mounds or niches

FIG.67. Rolling lawn

10.2.4. TREE GROVES

 Tree groves  were spread throughout
the landscape with paths that allowed
the gardens users to wander in and out
of the groves and provide a view of
rolling lawns against mass tree
plantings

FIG.68. Tree groves

10.2.5. HA HA WALL
The purpose of ha ha wall was to
separate garden from the grazing land
but was invisible from a distance .

Cattle could be kept securely in their

fields without the use of hedges or
fences to interrupt the view
FIG.69. Ha-ha wall

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