Garden History and Design
Robin Schachat
The Origins of Garden Design in the Western World
Historically, garden designs in East Asia developed distinctly differently than those of the Mediterranean basin and, subsequently, Europe and the European-inflected Americas. So I will begin this year’s Garden History and Design articles with a look at the traditions of garden design that we typically associate with the “Western World”, from which the majority of our greatest American gardens derive their style.
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