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INFORMAL GARDEN [1 record]

Record 1 1993-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horticulture
DEF

An area designed and built to contain natural and man-made elements for man to enjoy.

DEF

A large-scale romantic landscape involving broad manipulation or transformation of extensive grounds. Especially applied to naturalistic eighteenth-century English gardens and their successors in the United States.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Horticulture
CONT

Jardins d'agrément. Ils se divisent en deux catégories : les jardins réguliers [...], et les jardins paysagers dits aussi jardins naturels , qui veulent donner l'impression de nature et masquer l'intervention humaine.

Key term(s)
  • jardin libre
  • jardin à l'anglaise
  • jardin anglais

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