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Garden Design

Garden design is an essential component to support the work of a garden for the both the employees and the users.

Living collections are plants grown for education, science, conservation and public display.

Displays for handicapped people

Touch-'N'-Smell Garden: opening of a new garden for the visually impaired and disabled in Lucknow, India

Botanic Gardens - The Largest Botanical Garden for Visually-Handicapped People in China


Techniques for extending the range of plants in cultivation

An African Rain Forest in a South African Botanical Garden



Designing Gardens for Education

If botanic gardens are to be used for education they should be designed with teaching and learning in mind. A garden designed for education can be a living interactive display.

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Inhabitat
Inhabitat is a weblog run by designers who want to explore and catalog ideas for improving the workd through good, environmentally-conscious design - in landscape, furniture, architecture, graphics - anything. A great site for getting inspiration. The future is green!

Sustainable Sites Initiative
The Sustainable Sites Initiative is a collaborative effort to create a scheme that allows builders and landscape architects to enhance the ability of landscapes to provide services such as climate regulation, clean air and water, and improved quality of life.

The Nolen Greenhouses at New York Botanical Garden

Gardening in the Global Greenhouse
The RHS is carrying out research and providing information on how climate change is affecting UK gardens, altering the botanical make-up of Britain and what we can do to mitigate and reduce the fast-moving changes that are imapcting negatively on wildlife and gardens. This website is very useful.
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