Over time, however, the designed landscape of Italy has gone through changes, but perhaps the most formative time-period for Italian garden design took place in the Renaissance (15th-early 18th century).
Garden Style Series: Part 2 – French Gardens
Garden Style Series: Part 1 – Introduction & The English Garden
Throughout history, gardens were planted to give civilizations places of beauty, to make a political statement, or to showcase rare or interesting plants, or simply to have a location where one could escape the rigidity of everyday life and relax... The English garden is certainly a strong reflection of British culture. During the early 18th century, the English wanted to distance themselves from the culture of the autocratic French through their approach to garden design. This meant that formal gardens gave way to more naturalistic-looking gardens.
Planting Design Series: Part 5 - Budget
When budget constraints lead to a dysfunctional planting design, the wrong plants will be chosen or the right plants will be placed in unsuitable locations, or you might not have enough plants and have gaps within the planting beds. Situations like this will lead to buyer’s remorse due to plants dying or by having plants that simply don’t look good in the landscape. However, a tighter budget doesn’t have to turn into a landscape fiasco.
Planting Design Series: Part 4 - Environmental Conditions
This may be the most important blog post in this series. That’s not to say all the other topics in this series are not as important. It’s just that many people (designers included) are often either not aware, or not careful to pay attention to environmental conditions when designing a planting plan.