Topiary gardens in modern landscape architecture

Abstract

The article gives a brief overview of the development and current situation of topiary gardens and describes the specifics and prospects of topiary gardens in landscape architecture. In the great variety of modern gardens and parks there is a special group - a garden topiary, which is undoubtedly a unique work of landscape art. Their development is associated with the search for new compositional patterns of landscape design and has a deep historical origin. Topiary art is a figured haircut of trees, shrubs and flowers, in which plants are given various sculptural forms: animals, architectural structures, people, geometric figures, etc. It should be noted that to create topiaries are usually used evergreen shrubs with many small dense leaves. The types of hedges most often used in modern topiary gardens are analyzed. Modern modifications of topiary constructions are considered.
The purpose of this work is to identify topiary gardens in modern landscape architecture and determine the prospects for their development, determine the range of plants that can be used to design topiary gardens.
Today is making changes in the architecture of the city, park or own area is becoming increasingly fashionable to grow living green walls, shaped bushes and trees. The garden or plot looks beautiful, well-groomed. Simple forms of pruning shrubs and trees gardeners can learn on their own, but more complex is carried out by a master. This will allow you to turn even the most modest area into a corner of design art.