Ever since I started my planted aquarium, I studied everything about aquascaping, After gaining experience in aquascaping, I was inspired by and began incorporating elements of aquascaping design to my garden. So instead of mimicking landscape in aquascaping, I am mimicking aquascape in my landscape. As seen in the pics, I have incorporated Triangle and Valley, two most common form of aquascaping, as components of my garden. I’m borrowing from aquascaping and paying more attention to 3D perspective, and grouping of plants and texture in my landscape garden.
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Landscape that mimic aquascape
- Thread starter tiger15
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Looking good. It's amazing how aquascaping can inform and open up other horizons. The skills and knowhow are immediately transferrable to other aspects of aesthetics that influence our daily lives. It teaches proportion, texture. perspective and much more. It's a truly magical and transformational thing...
NatalieHurrell
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A perfect example of life imitating art. What a beautiful garden.
I’m also shaping an island with tall ornamental grasses at the center, which won’t reach full height effect until later in the season. There are many more style in terrestrial garden than aquatic. With the exception of Japanese and Chinese garden, I don’t think terrestrial gardens pay as much attention to scale, form and perspective as nature aquarium,
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Framed Nature
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If this type of mentality was widespread, we would not have such sad bare landscaping that is unfortunately common around the US in particular.
When visiting arboretums, I started also taking this type of POV. Great post!
When visiting arboretums, I started also taking this type of POV. Great post!
Many bare landscapes in US is not by choice, but due to lack of water. Xeriscape is the norm in Texas and arid regions of US. With decade long drought, west coast US is replacing lawns with gravel scape. There is more flexibility in humid regions where diverse plant species can be sculptured into many form and shape. English and European gardens pay attention to flowers and perennials. East coast US gardens tend to be shrub and lawn focus. Japan gardens pay most attention to scale, form and perspective and transfer well into nature aquarium.
PARAGUAY
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I noticed in the COVID couple of years (UK) local authorities stopped mowing grass on public spaces . Many of these took on a lovely to mind different look comparable in my mind obviously to jungle scape or hairgrass growing without trimming. Wildlife must have benifited quite a lot of wild flowers appeared, sadly probably went above the powers that be to learn something from this
