landscape gardening

American  

noun

1. the art or trade of designing or rearranging large gardens, estates, etc.

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landscape gardening British  

noun

1. Also called: landscape architecture.  the art of laying out grounds in imitation of natural scenery

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Other Word Forms

• landscape gardener
  noun

Etymology

Origin of landscape gardening

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

Landscape gardening, and the act of enclosure, are symbols heavy with meaning.

From The Guardian • May 13, 2017

Landscape gardening was no more than a bohemian fantasy, as well as a lame ambition—so he had analyzed it with the help of Freud—to replace or surpass his absent father.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Landscape gardening is not only for the purpose of adding beauty to the earth's surface, but also for the putting joy into the heart of a person as well.

From The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. by Shaw, Ellen Eddy

Landscape gardening, mural painting, church building, and furniture making as well, are some of the things that come under the head of architecture.

From The Art of the Moving Picture by Lindsay, Vachel

Landscape gardening on a simple scale is putting in an appearance in places where it was little expected.

From Chapters in Rural Progress by Butterfield, Kenyon L. (Kenyon Leech)