Landscape Design Styles
• Japanese Garden • Desert Landscape design
• Modern Garden Design • South-West Landscape
• Traditional Garden design
• English Landscape design • Mediterranean Landscape
design
• Xeriscape Landscaping
• Colonial Landscape design
• Tuscan Landscape design
• Cape cod Landscape
• Country Landscape design design
• Tropical Landscape design • Costal Landscape design
• Spanish Landscape design
Japanese Garden
• Traditional Japanese gardens are designed for peaceful
contemplation.
• They draw heavily on Buddhist, Shinto and Taoist philosophies and
strive to provide a spiritual haven for visitors.
• The primary focus of an Oriental garden is nature.
• The elements of a Japanese garden mimic or symbolize natural
elements.
• Thus, geometric shapes and artificial stone are not common in
Asian landscape design.
• The more natural and harmonious a garden is, the more conducive
it is to contemplation.
• There are four essential elements used in Japanese garden design:
rocks, water, plants, and ornaments.
Modern Designs
• Modern garden design has its roots in the 1950s and '60s, a time that was
all about bold geometry and linear designs.
• Overall the garden will feel controlled and organized.
• Typically, the focus is heavier on hardscape and structures than it is on
plants.
• Modern plants are usually green and selected for shape and texture.
• Pops of color are then added with furniture cushions, planters or a painted
wall.
• Popular materials used in modern landscaping include concrete, metal and
wood.
• One of the main goals of modern design is to create contrast. For example
a large massing of ornamental grasses pops out against a grey concrete
wall,
• A trademark of modern landscapes is a paved area planted with a grid of
greenery.
Traditional Gardens
• Traditional gardens like this one were originally all
about appearance.
• Kings and Queens wanted to display their wealth and
power to their subjects as well as leaders of other
countries.
• Such gardens were filled with statues, elaborate
fountains and highly manicured plants.
• Modern versions of traditional gardens often include
cutting gardens or areas for growing edibles.
• They may also include outdoor living elements such as
a fireplace or built-in barbecue.
• Common materials used in traditional landscaping
are brick, stone, pavers and wood.
English Garden
• Common characteristics of an English garden:
• 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.
• Rolling lawns - topography allow for surprises as your coming
around mounds or niches. Even if you create a small mounding
area, this represents nature better___ than a completely leveled
landscape.
• 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.
• Sculpture - Was entirely different than previous garden art. Part of
the English landscape ideals was to provide views from a distance of
classic detailed architecture and ruins.
• Elements within English gardens:
• Recreations of classic buildings
• Ruins (Physical destruction)
• Bridges
• Benches
• Brick
• Thatch
• Natural stone
• Cobblestone
Xeriscape Landscaping
• Xeriscaping is about selecting plants that can thrive in
the landscape with as little supplemental water as
possible.
• An effective way of saving both time and money in the
landscape, a benefit which everybody can appreciate.
• Other ways of reducing water use in the landscape:
– Replacing thirsty lawns with either patios or xeric plantings
– Soil contouring to guide every bit of available moisture to a
place in the landscape where it can be used, such as a rain
garden.
• Low maintenance
• Plants: Acacia, Peppermint, Bottle brush, Cypress, Cacti
& succulents
