After reading this article you will learn about the history of Japanese gardens. These gardens have passed through different developmental phases under the influence of religion, culture and likings of rulers of different era. Simple temple gardens of ancient period gradually paved the way for the development of artistic gardens of their unique style. Main historical periods can be summarised [...]
This article throws light upon the top four styles of Persian gardens. The styles are: 1. Chahar Bagh 2. Hayat 3. Meidan 4. Park and Bagh. Style # 1. Chahar Bagh: Cyrus II the great is thought to be the pioneer of Chahar Bagh Paradise garden whose basic structure consists of four quadrants divided by water ways or path ways. [...]
These gardens are of formal style, orderly, symmetrically planned and accommodated in rectangular or square plots. Babar, the founder of Mogul dynasty in India, came from Samarkand. His forefathers i.e., Timur Leng had long association with Persia. Therefore, the gardening style of Mogul was an extended plan of basic form of 'Char Bagh' design of paradise garden of Persia. The [...]