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2. Country Place Era - Wikipedia

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   The Country Place Era was a period, from about 1890 to 1930, [1] of American landscape architecture design during which wealthy Americans commissioned extensive gardens at their country estates, emulating European gardens that the Americans had seen in their European travels. [2] An example is Castle Hill in Ipswich, Massachusetts. [3]

3. List of garden types - Wikipedia

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   The Orangerie in the Gardens of Versailles with the Pièce d’eau des Suisses in the background (French formal garden) Reflection of the Bagh-e Narenjestan (orange garden) and the Khaneh Ghavam (Ghavam house) at Shiraz, Iran (Persian garden) Nishat Bagh, terrace garden at Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (Mughal Gardens) White Garden at Kensington Palace, a Dutch garden planted as a Color garden ...

4. Andrew Jackson Downing - Wikipedia

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   The Architecture of Country Houses: Including Designs for Cottages, and Farm-Houses and Villas, With Remarks on Interiors, Furniture, and the best Modes of Warming and Ventilating, D. Appleton & Company, 1850; reprinted as Andrew Jackson Downing, The Architecture of Country Houses, Dover Publications, 1969. [28]

5. Frederick Law Olmsted - Wikipedia

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   However, the most wealthy among them employed the firm to landscape their country estates in a similar fashion for their private enjoyment, such as that of Frederick T. van Beuren Jr. in New Jersey. He is a descendant of a Dutch physician who settled in Manhattan in 1700 and whose family members became prominent property owners in the city and ...

6. Landscaping - Wikipedia

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   Landscaping refers to any activity that modifies the visible features of an area of land, including the following: Living elements , such as flora or fauna ; or what is commonly called gardening , the art and craft of growing plants with a goal of creating a beauty within the landscape .

7. Landscape architecture - Wikipedia

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   Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor areas, ... ILASA holds the country's membership with The International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA).