SoftscapeSoftscape refers to the live horticultural elements of a landscape. Softscaping can include flowers, plants, shrubs, trees, flower beds, and duties like weed/nuisance management, grading, planting, mowing, trimming, aerating, spraying, and digging for everything from plants and shrubs to flower beds. Wheelbarrows and manual tools like rakes, shovels, picks, and gas power tools are commonly used. This is a term that has been popularized in recent pop culture (2006 onwards) on television shows such as Home & Garden Television.
HardscapeHardscape refers to hard landscape materials in the built environment structures that are incorporated into a landscape. This can include paved areas, driveways, retaining walls, sleeper walls, stairs, walkways, and any other landscaping made up of hard wearing materials such as wood, stone, and concrete, as opposed to softscape, the horticultural elements of a landscape. Hard landscaping involves projects that cover the entirety of the yard and that are necessary before soft landscaping features come into play.
Architecture du paysageL’architecture du paysage ou paysage — et non « paysagisme », terme qui constitue un abus de langage — consiste en l’art de la compréhension et du design de paysages dans leur immense diversité. L'architecture du paysage inclut notamment la conception d'espaces paysagers tels que l'aménagement de l'espace public, de parcs et d'espaces de récréation et le design urbain. Elle inclut également des interventions en faveur de la restauration environnementale, la planification de territoires aux différentes échelles et la préservation de paysages historiques et identitaires.
PaysagisteUn paysagiste est un professionnel en capacité d'analyser, diagnostiquer l'environnement et conçoit des projets en vue d'amélioré la qualité de cet environnement. Cette discipline aborde différente échelles : jardin, parc, quartier, communes, département, région et grand territoire. Le paysagisme est une profession très pluridisciplinaire puisant les connaissance fondamentale en écologie, géographie, en art, en politique, reliant les acteurs d'un territoire entre eux.
Paradise gardenThe paradise garden is a form of garden of Old Iranian origin, specifically Achaemenid which is formal, symmetrical and most often, enclosed. The most traditional form is a rectangular garden split into four quarters with a pond in the center, a four-fold design called chahar bagh (“four gardens”). One of the most important elements of paradise gardens is water, with ponds, canals, rills, and fountains all being common features. Scent is an essential element with fruit-bearing trees and flowers selected for their fragrance.
