October 16. 2024
Presented to Members by Ellen A. Levin
Design Introduction
The relationship between the organic and the manmade has wound itself through history. The design of the landscape is not separate from architecture. Architects look to historical precedent not to copy, but to see how different conditions have been handled.
Landscape design is entangled with the history of agriculture . Until recent times ornamental gardens were for the elite. Gardening techniques were well understood by trial and error. Plants available in a particular location have changed enormously. New groups of plants have been introduced from other parts of the world, and the ornamental plants are mostly cultivars bred to improve qualities such as color, length of flowering, size and hardiness .
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