Landscaping is defined as an activity whose purpose is to modify the visible, physical and emotional characteristics that a space presents, whether rural or urban, among which the following can be included: living elements, such as flora and fauna. fauna, what is commonly known under the term gardening, the art of growing plants with the main objective of creating beautiful and landscaped surroundings; those natural aspects such as landforms, elevations or small rivers; also man- made elementsSuch is the case of structures such as buildings or other material objects that come from the hand of man; abstract elements, such as weather and light conditions; and finally the elements referring to culture.
This activity encompasses several disciplines in one, among which architecture, sociology, ecology, agronomy and some fundamentally art stand out, all these areas have as a fundamental objective to work on decoration through the use of nature, without causing damage to the environment and creating a much healthier and nature-friendly lifestyle.
Landscaping can be of several types, among which the following stand out:
- English landscape: also known as autochthonous, since his creations are based on making gardens within simplicity and minimalism. In general, these types of gardens are not very ornate but rather simple, with some plants on a layer of grass and similar things.
- Modern landscape: it is characterized by making extensive use of art, that is, it uses figures and plants with which you can create new figures.
- Sustainable landscape: this is characterized by going more hand in hand with caring for the environment and for what it usually uses reusable resources in the garden, such as bottles that act as pots, rainwater to water plants and similar things.
- Landscape in motion: it is based on the fact of leaving plants in their free will as much as possible, but without them invading the space. In this style there are no guides or extreme cuts to keep everything in the same line, everything is done according to nature.
