From the article: The Fantasy Landscape of "The Domain of Arnheim"
What does your mind conjure up when you hear the words "ideal landscape?" Let's assume for a moment that money is no object and that you could, therefore, have a landscape composed of anything you desired. Here's your chance to lend wings to your dreams and let your imagination soar. Under such conditions, what plants would you have in your landscape, and how would they be arranged? Also, what "hardscape" features would you use to complement the plants and form the backbone of your ideal landscape, such as walkways, patios, decks, fountains, gazebos and landscape bridges? Allow Yourself to Dream!
The Dream is Monet's Flower Garden
- A garden bursting from edge to edge with flowers for most of the year, plus a woodland garden section, with meandering paths through it all. So far I've got the rambling rose hedge...
- —Guest JJ
Container Gardens in Ideal Landscape
- Of course I would have lots and lots of elegant garden planters and spectacular garden urns out of the deck and patio and in various places in the garden, too.
- —Planterlady
Ideal Landscape Full of Surprises
- My ideal landscape would have a surprise lurking around every corner. The property would be a vast area alternating between flat land and rolling hills. Planted with pockets of forest (I'm especially fond of beech trees), my ideal landscape would allow you to step out of a wooded area into a meadow, which would hold a glistening pond you could traverse on an arching bridge. A babbling brook would flow out of the pond and into another wooded area. Following the brook out into the next clearing, you could pick up a winding stone walkway (sort of a natural equivalent to the "Yellow Brick Road") that would dump you in front of a terraced hillside. The terraces would be planted with perennials, shrubs and vegetable plants. At the top of the hill would stand the house, bordered to the left and right with pergolas dripping with flowering and fruiting vines. In front of the house would stand a boulder, engraved with the words, "The Place to Be."
- —jazzyface99
