Chinese Garden
The Chinese garden, also known as a Chinese classical garden, recreates natural landscapes in miniature. The style has evolved for more than three thousand years, and includes both the vast gardens of the Chinese emperors and smaller gardens built by scho...

Dutch Garden
The Dutch garden is distinguished by its dense atmosphere and efficient use of space. On an international level, a garden with tulips is also easily labelled as a Dutch Garden. In England, Dutch garden was the description given to a particular type of ...

Water Gardens
Water gardens can be made up of any vessel that contains water � from a pond or half-barrel to a an old bathtub or watertight planter. Water gardens are typically made to include aquatic plants, fish and other aquatic life. They can be as simple as a coup...

Indoor Gardening
Indoor gardening brings the beauty of nature inside, all year long. Many people grow houseplants for the visual benefits, but they also act to purify the air, drawing in airborne pollutants as part of the photosynthetic process. Houseplants can significan...

Mughal Garden
Mughal gardens are a group of gardens built by the Mughals in the Islamic style of architecture. This style was heavily influenced by the Persian gardens particularly the Charbagh structure.Significant use of rectilinear layouts are made within the walled...

Public Park
The term ’public park’ dates from the early nineteenth century and is associated with the public health movement. It was believed that infectious diseases (eg cholera) could be prevented by giving towns more fresh air. The mistake about publi...

Container Gardening
Gardening in containers rather than the open ground opens up a whole new world of growing plants, allowing the gardener to bring plants inside during the cold season and use all sorts of vessels to contain them. With containers, even gardeners living in u...

Flower Gardens
In the sense of a garden devoted to growing flowers, the flower garden is an invention of the nineteenth century. Flowers have been enjoyed in gardens since ancient times, but they were not the prime motive for making a garden. Today, many people belie...

Medicinal Gardens
Also known as a herb garden or a garden of simples, specialised medicinal gardens have been made at least since the Middle Ages, though plants were grown for medical purposes long before. A �simple� is a herb used on its own in medical treatment. Many mod...

National Parks and Nature Parks
A nature park is a landscape protected by means of long-term planning, use and agriculture. These valuable landscapes are preserved in their present state and promoted for touristic purposes. In most countries nature parks are subject to legally regula...