landscape gardening
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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land·scape gar·den·ing
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the art and practice of laying out grounds in a way that is ornamental or that imitates natural scenery.
DERIVATIVES:
land·scape gar·den·er
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To Live in the New World: A. J. Downing and American Landscape Gardening.(Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Cultural Geography; 9/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Downing and American Landscape Gardening. By Judith K. Major...modern American cultural landscape. A. J. Downing was...rural and suburban landscapes in America's burgeoning...underpinnings of a new American landscape aesthetic as a nation...discussion of landscape gardening ...
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Thomas Shepherd's Landscape Gardening in Australia (1836).
Magazine article from: M A R G I N: life & letters in early Australia; 8/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...appeared a book entitled Lectures on Landscape Gardening in Australia by the late Mr...colony. The book on Landscape Gardening came about as the result of a...aware of the art of landscape gardening by seeing some plans drawn up...
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Landscape Gardening in Australia.
Magazine article from: M A R G I N: life & letters in early Australia; 11/1/2006; 506 words
; LANDSCAPE GARDENING IN AUSTRALIA by Thomas Shepherd Canberra, Mulini Press, 2006 Here is another gardening book. It was first published in 1836...his first was Australia's first gardening book. In the Landscape Gardening book...
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Taming of a jungle landscape Gardening has flourished for centuries in South Somerset, where countless wonderful gardens nestle in the peaceful countryside. Mervyn Hancock visits East Lambrook Manor, Somerset, created by the famous designer Margery Fish
Newspaper article from: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK); 7/21/2007; 700+ words
; Gardening has flourished for centuries...home of English cottage gardening. Indeed, it was Mrs Fish...over in 1999, the whole landscape was ready for an extensive...the concept of "cottage gardening", and while gardens such...
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Gardening Books Cover Vast Landscape and Can Be Entertaining, Too
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/20/2006; ; 700+ words
; Landscape gardening books are a wonderful mode of communication. They can capture the humor of gardening, address the latest trends in landscape design and educate you. Here are some books that offer...
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USPTO Issues Trademark MARIANI'S GARDEN MARKET to Mariani, Mark for Landscape Gardening, Landscape Gardening Design for others, Tree, Shrub, Plant Care Services
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/14/2009; 317 words
; ...Aug. 23, 2006 and was registered on Oct. 6. The services for which registration was sought are "landscape gardening; landscape gardening design for others; tree, shrub and plant care services". For more information about US Fed News...
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Contract Awards: Mow and Grow Wins 250,000 GBP Contract for Landscape Gardening Services
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/7/2009; 381 words
; ...contract award from Norwich City Council to provide landscape gardening services (Ref. No. 266063-2009). According...volunteers or community representatives to provide a gardening service. The gardening service offers assistance to tenants who are...
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USPTO Issues Trademark 3D LANDSCAPES INC. QUALITY STANDS OUT to 3D Landscapes for Landscape Gardening
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/29/2009; 342 words
; ...Va., Oct. 29 -- 3D Landscapes Inc. CORPORATION NORTH CAROLINA...been issued the trademark 3D LANDSCAPES INC. QUALITY STANDS OUT...stylized number and wording "3D LANDSCAPES INC. QUALITY STANDS OUT...registration was sought is "Landscape gardening". For more information...
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Nature talking with nature.(landscape gardening)
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Dixon Hunt, professor of landscape architecture at the University...than Garden Finely: as if Gardening were the Greater Perfection...might go towards a garden or landscape', a vile idea. Hunt shows...three natures' has underlain landscape design since the sixteenth...
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LANDSCAPE GARDENING SERIES
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 1/2/2009; 444 words
; ...County issued the following news release: The annual Landscape Gardening Series will begin Friday, Jan. 23. Six consecutive...Tropical Fruit Specialist, UF/IFAS Jan. 30 Butterfly Gardening Speaker: Jane Schurr, Master Gardener Feb. 6 Fragrance...
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landscape gardening
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
landscape gardening. The 18th-cent. English landscape garden or park was...Chambers found the landscapes of the celebrated...the new taste in gardening, favoured by the...1748). Their landscape gardens were more...
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Gardening
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
GARDENING GARDENING. By a.d. 1000, native peoples...Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening. Downing's idea was to unify the...food and other household needs. Gardening had been transformed from an indispensable...
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Landscape Architecture
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...While humans have shaped landscapes since antiquity, landscape architecture developed as...long intentionally shaped landscapes to suit various needs, particularly...borrowed heavily from European landscape design, particularly in...and Practice of Landscape Gardening, Adapted to ...
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landscape architecture
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology
landscape architecture A branch of...blend with buildings or landscape morphology, the harmonious...engineered modification of landscapes to provide appropriate settings...e. synonymously with landscape gardening).
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garden
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...beauty and productivity. Landscape and Ornamental Gardening In landscape gardening an overall aesthetic effect...as in design. American landscape artists generally followed...selecting from a wealth of gardening traditions and emphasizing...
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