urban landscaping
Metropolitan garden design
Urban landscaping is the design and cultivation of green spaces within cities—parks, streetside plantings, rooftop gardens, and the vegetation around buildings.
The practice balances aesthetic concerns with practical ones like stormwater management, heat reduction, and habitat for urban wildlife.
The city invested heavily in urban landscaping to make downtown more walkable.
- pathwaysRoutes for walking
- walking pathsRoutes for pedestrians
- shrubsLow woody plants
- community gardensShared neighborhood cultivation spaces
- pocket parksTiny urban green spaces
flower beds · public parks · green spaces · trees · street trees · tree canopy · rain gardens · shade tree · fountains · water conservation · irrigation systems · benches · erosion control · recreational spaces · pergolas · rooftop · air purification · planters
urban landscapingwilderness preservation
Protecting wild areas permanently
habitat conservation · rewilding · non-intervention · ecological restoration