Gardens Around the World English Victorian Gardens

❖ Key Features ➢ Fences need to be draped with climbing roses or flowering vines ➢ Flower beds are formal gardens with some exotic plants ➢ Plants: lilies, dahlias, ferns ➢ Trees and shrubs: evergreen and deciduous with mixed hedges Example: Waddesdon Manor, England

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyYuxTfdtKo French Formal Garden

❖ Key Features ➢ Have a geometric layout of garden ➢ paths that are gravel in a symmetrical pattern ➢ Water (pond or fountain) ➢ Knot-gardens (clipped boxes made from lavender and rosemary) Example: Garden of Versailles, France

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XCKOhL_7vg Renaissance Gardens

❖ Key Features ➢ Create a strong axis: straight paths ➢ Controlled shapes: square and rectangles topiaries or hedges ➢ Water: Rills and spouts ➢ Roof- trained trees Example: Villa Lante, Italy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKqFUCEzsr4 Dutch Gardens

❖ Key Features ➢ Highly colored flowers (tulips) ➢ flower beds and areas of water are interested by geometrical path ➢ Geometric shapes by dense clipped shrubs ➢ Low walls in geometrical patterns Example: Keukenhof, Holland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7Mzpj005A0 Japanese Gardens

❖ Types ➢ Rock Garden ■ uses ONLY rocks and sand to portray water and mountains ➢ Zen Garden ■ Incorporates moss to create garden ❖ Key Features ➢ Bamboo, ponds, islands, koi fish

Example: Korakuen Okayama, Japan

https://youtu.be/wp57AdP5w9g Mediterranean Garden

❖ Key Features ➢ Having vine, morning lore or common jasmine to create Pergolas, decorated structures to make shades. ➢ Pots and containers containing succulents and drought-tolerant plants ➢ Gravel floor with pebbles and cobbles ➢ Mediterranean tiles ➢ Raised Beds Example: Sparoza, Greece

https://youtu.be/qTaz99ouBWE Tropical Garden

❖ Key Elements ➢ Keep colors vibrant- have bright yellows, orange, red, and vibrant pink ➢ Focus on the foliage- have different shades of green to contrast with the vibrant flowers ➢ Plants: plumeria, bananas, pineapple lillies, caladium

Example: Jewel Changi Airport, Singapore

https://youtu.be/1LKH87ZZC_A Desert Garden

❖ Key Features ➢ Cactus Appeal in layers- have a variety of trees, ground covers, and shrubs ➢ Sculptural Rocks ➢ Filtered Lights ➢ Ribbon Driveway- to disrupt the land as little as possible use stone and cobble ➢ Ocotillo Rib Fencing Example: Huntington Desert Garden- San Marino, California

https://youtu.be/i_O_GcetpEY Water Garden

❖ Key Features ➢ pond or a big container ■ Can be still or active water ➢ Aquatic Animals- Goldfish, Koi, Snails ➢ Plants- water lilies, yellow snowflake, water poppy Example: Virginia Water Garden

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❖ Longwood Botanical Gardens ➢ In Pennsylvania ➢ 1,077 acres of gardens woodlands, and meadows ➢ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7rkUBkhg dE

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