Garden and styles of gardening tnau
There are two main styles of gardening - Formal Garden and Informal garden
Formal Gardens
A formal garden is laid out in a symmetrical or a geometrical pattern. In this garden the design is stiff as everything is done in a straight and narrow way. In such gardens everything is planted in straight lines.
Also if there is a plant on the left hand side of a straight road, a similar plant must be planted at the opposite place on the right hand side i.e., mirror image of each other. The flower beds, borders, and shrubbery are arranged in geometrically designed beds.
Trimmed formal hedges, Cypress, Ashoka trees, and topiary are typical features of a formal garden.
Examples of formal gardens are Mughal, Persian, Italian and French styles
Informal gardens
In an informal garden, the whole design looks informal, as the plans and the features are
arranged in a natural way without following any hard and fast rules.
But here also the work has to proceed according to a set and well-through-out plan;
otherwise the creation will not be artistic and attractive.
The idea behind informal garden design is to imitate nature.
Example of informal gardens are English and Japanese gardens
Garden and styles of gardening tnau
Wild Garden
A comparatively recent style of gardening, namely, “Wild Garden” was expounded by
William Robinson in the last decade of the nineteenth century.
His idea was revolutionary and found many admirers to follow this.
The concept of wild garden is not only against all formalism but it also breaks the rule of
landscape styles. His main idea was to naturalize plants in shrubberies.
He also preached that grass should remain unmowed, as in nature, and few bulbous plants
should be grown scattered in the grass to imitate wild scenery.
He also suggested that passages should be opened in the woodland, and trees, shrubs, and
bulbous plants should be planted among the forest flora to fulfill his idea of a wild garden.
His other idea was to allow the creepers to grow over the trees naturally imitating those of
the forests.
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