Garden Design History Philosophy And Styles

An updated version of this book is now available as european gardens 2011 also by tom turner.

Garden design history philosophy and styles. First published in 1992. Formal garden design consisted of perfectly placed and religiously trimmed ornamental plants like elaborate knot work gardens. Garden designers like william kent and capability brown emulated the allegorical landscape paintings of european artists especially claude lorraine poussin and salvator rosa.

Expanding into other regions are asian gardens 2010 and the forthcoming british gardens both also by turner and published by routledge. The picturesque garden style emerged in england in the 18th century one of the growing currents of the larger romantic movement. In the early days of landscape design and architecture there were two main landscape styles formal garden style and picturesque garden style.

Most professional garden designers have some training in horticulture and the principles of design. Garden design may be done by the garden owner themselves or by professionals of varying levels of experience and expertise. Formal garden design heavily portrayed man s control over nature.

The manicured hills lakes and trees dotted with allegorical temples were sculpted into the land. History of the gardenesque style. Some are also landscape architects a more formal level of training that usually requires an advanced degree and often a state license.