DESIGN INSPIRATION

H&CS 204YIWEI WANGAUTUM 2010

GARDENS

The gardens at Versailles are riddled with paths that lead to flower beds, quiet corners, ornamental lakes, and a canal that King Louis used for

gondola rides.

Photograph by Pete Turner/Getty

Château de Versailles Versailles, France

Japanese gardens calm Alzheimer's patients

Japanese gardens appear to relieve stress and calm people who sit in them, according to researchers who observed the effects of Japanese gardens on Alzheimer's patients.

photo by Sam Abell

People strolling among flowers of the Sunken Garden, Butchart Gardens

Todd Gipstein/National Geographic Image Collection

Mattias Klum/National Geographic Image Collection

High angle view of the botanical gardens in Uppsala

Mattias Klum/National Geographic Image Collection

Geometrically trimmed shrubs in a botanical garden.

National Geographic Image Collection/James P. Blair

In the Dry Garden, water is represented symbolically using gravel and sand to create a dried stream bed. The gardeners use special rakes with wide triangular tines to create the graceful designs.

Joseph H. Bailey/National Geographic Image Collection

View of the Rose Garden from the White House.

Annie Griffiths Belt/National Geographic Image Collection

A wedding party gathers for photographs in Queen Elizabeth Park.

Taylor S. Kennedy/National Geographic Image Collection

A garden in the Catherine Palace outside St

Petersburg.

Scott S. Warren

Sculpted shrubbery at Longwood Gardens near Kennett Square, southeastern Pennsylvania

PLANT FORMS

By Jonathan Blair

A South African monkey beetle burrows into a Gazania flower. After feeding on plant parts, the beetle emerged with a luxuriant coat of pollen.

By Wolcott Henry

Beautiful pink water lily flowers in bloom.

By Vlad Kharitonov

Close-up of a yellow chrysanthemum.

By Todd Gipstein

Close-up of flowers in a summer garden.

By Todd Gipstein

By Darlyne Murawski

Carnivorous pitcher plants.

By Richard Nowitz Pink Flower in jungle.

By Richard Nowitz Zinnia flowerConservatory of Flowers

By Darlyne Murawski Pink datura flowers.

ByTodd Gipstein Close-up of yellow lily flowers in a summer garden.

By Michael Polzia A backlit view of dry flowers.

By Gina Martin

Bougainvillea flowers on the balcony of an old building in Taxco. Taxco is an old colonial, silver-mining town. The Federal Government has declared the town a

national historical monument.

By Gordon Wiltsie

A field of blooming gorse bushes.

By Medford Taylor A close view of a pink fragrant water lily.

By Karine Aigner Geographic Image Collection

By Joel Sartore A skyward view of coreopsis flowers in a Texas field.

By David Evans Large lily pads and flowers float in calm water.

By Todd Gipstein

Close-up of cactus bush with blooming white cactus flower.

By Michael Melford

Skunk cabbage in flower.Lysichiton americanum.

By Annie Griffiths Belt

Black eyed susans and gayfeather flowers in a field.

HARDSCAPE

By Taylor S. Kennedy

A view of the Antiquarium in the Residenz Palace in Munich.

By Richard Nowitz

A view of the famous Pallazzo Giardino Giusti, Italys finest Renaissance garden.

By Stephen Sharnoff

View of a covered walkway in a Paris park.

By Richard Nowitz

Statue of an angel on the bridge leading to Castel Sant angelo.

By Sisse Brimberg

The Triton Fountain at the Peterhof. Peterhof, a series of palaces and gardens laid out on the orders of Tsar Peter the Great, is sometimes called the Russian Versailles. It is located about 20 southwest of St. Petersburg, overlooking the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea.

By Taylor S. Kennedy

The entrance to the Parc Guell in Barcelona, Spain.Parc Guell was designed by the famous Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi.

By Richard Nowitz

Detail of relief sculpture on a building in Barcelona.

By Justin Guariglia

One of the temples in the Forbidden City

By Paul Chesley

View of Wat Phra Kaeo, Bangkoks most famous religious site. Wat Phra Kaeo is also known as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha

Justin Guariglia/National Geographic Image Collection

The Lotus Pool in Shanghai's Yuyuan Garden.

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DESIGN WORKS

Designed by Long Ping

Designed by Pubing Deng

Designed by Weizhong Chen

Designed by Dengpu Bing

Designed by Pei Sha

Designed by Pei Sha

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