Landscape Gardening

Gardening tips and tutorials -If one covers his lawn space with many trees, with little flower beds here and there, the general effect is choppy and fussy. Do not centre the tree or trees. Don't group trees together which look awkward. Landscape gardening may follow along very formal lines or along informal lines. Garden paths may be of gravel, of dirt, or of grass. One sees grass paths in some very lovely gardens. Vines lend themselves well to this work.

It made beautiful an awkward angle, an ugly bit of carpenter work. Snowdrops and crocuses planted through the lawn are beautiful. Wherever the bulbs drop, plant them. The place for a flower garden is generally at the side or rear of the house. Open, free lawn spaces, a tree or a proper group well placed flowers which do not clutter up the front yard, groups of shrubbery these are points to be remembered.

The paths should lead somewhere, and be either straight or well curved. Some gardens are obviously more than a haphazard collection of plants and flowers, they are planned, organized, beautiful, and often thematic; and those gardens are the product of landscape gardening. Landscape gardening has origins that go back centuries and to different continents. English gardens of the 18th century had many elements that are associated with modern landscape gardening.

Eastern gardens typically had stone features, and like English gardens they often feature water, bridges, and a pavilion. Landscape gardening not only embraces elements of gardens past, but also demonstrates many aspects of architecture as well. Attention to color, line, scale, and texture all must come together to create an aesthetically pleasing garden. Landscape gardening remains popular not only because of its beauty but its function as well. Ultimately the direction you go with landscape gardening is entirely up to you.