Herb Garden?
Posted in Garden
herb gardens has been around for centuries and people continue to practise this activity until this day. A herb garden has a specific purpose – to grow herbal plants that can be then used for cooking or medicinal purposes. Many herbs are grown and used in alternative medicine for their healing properties while others grow them purely for ornamental and decorative reasons. Read the rest of this entry »
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A Rock Garden.
Posted in Garden
A rock garden, also known as a rockery or an alpine garden, is a type of garden that features extensive use of rocks or stones, along with plants native to rocky or alpine environments.
Rock garden in Chandigarh, India.
Rock garden plants tend to be small, both because many of the species are naturally small, and so as not to cover up the rocks. They may be grown in troughs (containers), or in the ground. The plants will usually be types that prefer well-drained soil and less water. Read the rest of this entry »
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A Formal Garden
Posted in Landscape Design
In the Western gardening tradition a formal garden is a neat and orderedly garden laid out in carefully planned geometric and symmetric lines. Lawns and hedges in a formal garden must always be kept neatly clipped.
Trees, shrubs, subshrubs and other foliage arealways carefully arranged, shaped and continually trimmed. A French garden or Garden à la française, is a specific kind of formal garden, laid out in the manner of André Le Nôtre; it is centered on the façade of a building, with radiating avenues and paths of gravel, lawns, parterres and pools (bassins) of reflective water enclosed in geometric shapes by stone coping, with fountains and sculpture. Read the rest of this entry »
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