Gardens Around the

World

❖ 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

English Victorian Gardens

Waddesdon Manor, England

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

Example:

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)

Garden of Versailles, France

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

Example:

❖ Key Features ➢ Create a strong axis: straight paths ➢ Controlled shapes: square and rectangles

topiaries or hedges ➢ Water: Rills and spouts ➢ Roof- trained trees

Renaissance Gardens

Villa Lante, Italy Example:

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

Keukenhof, Holland Example:

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

Korakuen Okayama, Japan Example:

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

Sparoza, Greece Example:

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

Jewel Changi Airport, Singapore Example:

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

Huntington Desert Garden- San Marino, California

Example:

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

Virginia Water Garden Example:

https://youtu.be/6EcUNtjm3Wc https://youtu.be/Ye3Tj_2ptnw

American Botanical Garden Virtual Tours

❖ Longwood Botanical Gardens ➢ In Pennsylvania ➢ 1,077 acres of gardens woodlands, and

meadows ➢ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7rkUBkhg

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❖ Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens ➢ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQQEPZPB

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https://www.housebeautiful.com/uk/garden/g31913008/best-virtual-tours-garden/

https://www.gardenia.net/gardens/garden-styles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_garden_types

https://blog.gardeningknowhow.com/tbt/victorian-garden-style-history/

https://www.french-gardens.com/design/frenchgardendesign.php

https://www.houzz.com/magazine/bring-a-touch-of-renaissance-italy-into-your-garden-stsetivw-vs~33959919

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_garden

https://freshome.com/inspiration/how-to-create-your-own-japanese-garden/

Citations

https://www.gardenia.net/guide/how-to-get-the-mediterranean-look

https://www.easytogrowbulbs.com/blogs/articles-and-tips/tropical-garden-design

https://www.gardenista.com/posts/10-ideas-steal-desert-gardens/

Citations