WITH GARDENS a sense of enclosure is important. On small lots the boundaries may be those of the property or even plantings or other pleasant features on a neighbor's property, for when I speak of boundaries I mean not those of the lot but those that limit the view. On larger grounds the boundaries to views may be well within the property lines.
Palaeogeography is the branch of historical geology that is concerned with the past distribution of land boundaries mostly and sea. With the relevant items of data obtained from the study of sedimentary formations, a geologist can construct palaeogeographic maps that give a picture of the ancient world. But such maps tend to be somewhat speculative. Information is often sparse and there are enormous difficulties in interpreting the relative ages of outcrops and thus plotting the ancient boundaries between the land boundaries mostly and sea. What these maps do reveal with startling effect is the tremendous transformation that every region has undergone.
This is the front that serves as an introduction to visitors. This is the part of your garden, which, if well done, contributes to the beauty and land boundaries mostlyscaped effect of the community in which it is located. Nothing is better than a well-kept lawn as a main feature here. Appropriately placed shade trees and discreetly located shrubbery may frame the house and define the boundaries of the lot. A foundation planting that really weds the house to the ground is usually a good addition. Dignity and charm achieved by restraint and good relation of mass to mass and line to line should keynote the land boundaries mostlyscaping in front of a house. Don't spot single bushes and flower beds in the lawn. Such treatment results in a confused land boundaries mostlyscape.
WITH GARDENS a sense of enclosure is important. On small lots the boundaries may be those of the property or even plantings or other pleasant features on a neighbor's property, for when I speak of boundaries I mean not those of the lot but those that limit the view. On larger grounds the boundaries to views may be well within the property lines.