traditional gardens

Classic cultivated grounds

Traditional gardens are cultivated outdoor spaces that follow established design principles and planting practices of a particular culture or era.

The term often refers to formal European styles with geometric layouts, hedges, and symmetrical plantings, or to Japanese gardens with their careful arrangement of rocks, water, and plants.

Traditional gardens contrast with naturalistic or modern landscaping approaches: The estate features traditional gardens with boxwood hedges and rose beds.

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fountains · water feature · sundials · roses · rose arbor · herbaceous · borders · pergolas · arbors · manicured · lawns · pathways · gravel · stone bench · urns · statuary · walled · potting shed

Opposites
human intervention and cultivation

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Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region

wild nature · natural habitat · wasteland · overgrown lots · jungle

ecological approach

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Plots growing local species

wildlife gardens · pollinator gardens · xeriscaping

design philosophy

traditional gardensgreen roofs

Plant-covered building tops

vertical gardens · xeriscaping

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G