215238915 Landscaping

31/10/2017

I must say it Company gardens is a place for all life types.

It is a park and heritage site set in the heart of the city. This is a beautiful setting to escape the hustle and bustle of the city and enjoy a leisurely stroll, relax on the lawns, enjoy a picnic or a meal at the child friendly restaurant. Here you will find a rose garden, vegetable garden, aviary, fishpond, Japanese garden and lots of adorable, friendly squirrels.

31/10/2017

Article written by Slavyana Popcheva
I am so glade I read this article, too much notes taken, and all these steps have triggered a change in my habits.

Here are some tips to make life as a landscape architecture student a little bit easier!

31/10/2017

there are people out the who wish to be having the same last drop of water you wasting, so you better start saving before its too late.

This is the story about an NGO helping a few, yet in many ways it’s the story of South Africans living in dire conditions unknown to many city dwellers and arguably even government.

31/10/2017

this is a very interesting article and idea of using sculptures as a conservation method.

Threats SCULPTURE AS CONSERVATION METHOD Oceans and Marine Ecosystems Facing Collapse Our oceans are home to a staggering amount of life on our planet and play a critical role in the world’s natural systems, like regulating our climate, absorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen. They provide liv...

31/10/2017

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
The roses have became my favourite in this garden

31/10/2017

this is how good what we did yesterday looks. 21 roses planted by a group of 5 people

31/10/2017

please view the picture for caption and more information about the picture.

31/10/2017

So I came this morning and the arch was done and I was complaining every day that I had to take a long way to my workplace even when am late, but am glade its done and it looks great.
This Arch was to celebrate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu’s 86th birthday, a new public space installation was unveiled in Cape Town on 7 October 2017. The Arch for the Arch represents Tutu’s life and legacy as South Africa’s moral compass for more than 50 years.

28/10/2017

Allow me to remove the confusion between the landscape design and the garden design.

What Defines a Landscape?

Landscape has looser limits where
boundaries are concerned and often there
are no distinct limits at all. A landscape is
essentially already there. Landscape design
is clearly the design of the landscape,
right?
In essence, landscape design involves the
act of intervening (be it subtle or radical)
and the qualities of the existing landscape
are always the starting point of design.
landscape design can be considered as an umbrella profession with coverage to a range of areas of expertise. Like in medicine or law, landscape architecture covers landscape planning, environmental impact assessment,
landscape character analysis, strategic
master planning, etc.

What Defines a Garden?

One way of seeking definitions is by
examining what makes up a “garden” and a
“landscape”— what are the fundamental
prerequisites and what does it mean to work
within these contexts? One could define it as an enclosed piece of ground devoted
to the cultivation of flowers, fruit or
vegetable.

The common elements that frame both
definitions are: a garden has boundaries
and that involves the act of cultivation.
“An enclosed piece of ground” suggests that
a garden has distinct limits to space. The
intervention is very apparent and without
human intervention, gardens would
ultimately revert back to landscape.

In a poetic way, for something to be
considered a garden, there has to be a
gardener and there is often the creation of
an idealized other space, separated by its
boundaries from the existing (or wider)
landscape. Designing a garden can, most
positively, often get away with this.

26/10/2017

When is a garden designer a landscape
architect/designer? Are they rivals or are
they on par?
These are the two kinds of questions you gotta be answering to those outside the profession, unfamiliar with the scope of work of a landscape architects.

So I woke up thinking about just writting these points of how landscape design can vary from garden design.

Scale: Landscape design covers projects
that are generally of a larger size
Context: Gardens are normally
associated with a building but landscapes
do not need to be
Boundaries: the boundaries of a
landscape are often blurred in
comparison to a garden with defined
boundaries
Activity: There is an element of tending
to gardens, which can apply to landscape
in terms of management and
maintenance, but is often a less
important element.
Audience: Due to landscape design
projects varying in scale and context, a
designed landscape must accommodate a
larger and varied mass of people. For
example, projects range from parks,
campuses, cemeteries, commercial
centers, resorts, transportation
facilities, waterfront developments,
plazas, and other projects that help
define a community.

09/10/2017

pond cleaning