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/lˈændskˌeɪp gˈɑrdənɪŋ/ Listen

noun

Landscape n. (Formerly written also landskip)

A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.

A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc. Compare seascape.

The pictorial aspect of a country. "The landscape of his native country had taken hold on his heart."

Landscape gardening, The art of laying out grounds and arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to produce a picturesque effect.

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Etymology of 'Landscape gardening'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Landscape gardening" Quotes from Famous Books

... nine miles from Windsor. When he was nearly thirty years old, his translation of the Iliad enabled him to buy a house and grounds at Twickenham on the Thames, about twelve miles above London. He lived here for the rest of his life, indulging his taste for landscape gardening and entertaining the greatest ...

— Halleck's New English Literature • Reuben P. Halleck

... with the color scheme, great credit must be given to John McLaren, chief of the department of landscape gardening, who has worked so successfully in co-operation with architects and color director. The Exposition is built almost entirely on filled ground, just reclaimed from the bay; and it was a colossal task to set out the hundreds of thousands of flowers, shrubs and trees which ...

— An Art-Lovers guide to the Exposition • Shelden Cheney