Garden designGarden design is the art and process of designing and creating plans for layout and planting of gardens and landscapes. Garden design may be done by the garden owner themselves, or by professionals of varying levels of experience and expertise. Most professional garden designers have some training in horticulture and the principles of design. Some are also landscape architects, a more formal level of training that usually requires an advanced degree and often a state license.
Jardinagethumb|upright=1.5|Jardinier amateur entretenant son jardin.|alt= vignette|Exemple de jardin familial en Pologne. Le jardinage est la pratique, et parfois l'art, de semer, planter, maintenir des végétaux composant un jardin dans des conditions idéales pour leur développement. Cette pratique répond à un besoin d’esthétique et/ou alimentaire. Le terme « jardinage » est employé surtout pour les activités de loisir, d'ornement et d'autoconsommation alimentaire pratiquée par les particuliers et les entités l'exerçant sans but lucratif direct, tandis que les termes maraîchage, horticulture, arboriculture, floriculture.
Water featureIn landscape architecture and garden design, a water feature is one or more items from a range of fountains, jeux d'eau, pools, ponds, rills, artificial waterfalls, and streams. Before the 18th century they were usually powered by gravity, though the famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon are described by Strabo as supplied by an Archimedean screw and other examples were supplied with water using hydraulic rams. Ancient water features were powered using gravitational forces, human power or animals to pump in the water.
Garden designerA garden designer is someone who designs the plan and features of gardens, either as an amateur or professional. The compositional elements of garden design and landscape design are: terrain, water, planting, constructed elements and buildings, paving, site characteristics and genius loci, and the local climatic qualities. Garden designers are skilled specialists dealing with master planning of landscapes and design of gardens, consulting with advice for clients, providing direction and supervision during construction, and the management of establishment and maintenance once the garden has been created.
