Picture of the Landscape

The mountains, a tropical island, a park full of cherry blossom trees, impressive waterfalls, a snow field: where do you want to set foot today? Go on a trip with everyone else by using these high-quality landscape photos.

Tips for Landscape Photography

What a beautiful world we live in! Aren’t we lucky to now live in a world where we can photograph and share the wondrous vistas of the nature that surrounds us? Landscape photography is an aspect of many photographers’ portfolios and a huge part of what we generally think about doing whenever we pick up a camera, or travel to beautiful places.

Garden | Flower, Vegetable, Landscaping | Britannica

Garden, Plot of ground where herbs, fruits, flowers, vegetables, or trees are cultivated. The earliest surviving detailed garden plan is Egyptian and dates from about 1400 BC; it shows tree-lined avenues and rectangular ponds. Mesopotamian gardens were places where shade and cool water could be enjoyed; Hellenistic gardens were conspicuously luxurious in their display of precious materials, a tradition carried over by Byzantine gardens. Islamic gardens made use of water, often in pools and fed by narrow canals resembling irrigation channels. In Renaissance Europe, gardens reflected confidence in human ability to impose order on the external world; Italian gardens emphasized the unity of house and garden. French 17th-century gardens were rigidly symmetrical, and French cultural dominance in Europe popularized this style into the next century. In 18th-century England, increasing awareness of the natural world led to the development of “natural” gardens that made use of irregular, nonsymmetrical layouts. Chinese gardens have generally harmonized with the natural landscape, and have employed rocks gathered from great distances as a universal decorative feature. Early Japanese gardens imitated Chinese principles; later developments were the abstract garden, which might feature only sand and rocks, and miniature gardens made in trays (see bonsai).

Landscape Layering: Multi-Level Garden Design

Ever looked at a garden that just seems to ‘pop’? That’s the magic of landscape  layering at work. It’s like a symphony in greenery, where each plant plays its part to create a harmonious whole.

This technique isn’t just about plopping plants in the soil; it’s about planning and positioning them to create depth, interest, and movement. In Ottawa, where our gardens endure everything from sweltering summers to snowy winters, layering isn’t just beautiful; it’s smart gardening.

It allows for a vibrant display that transitions gracefully with the seasons, and it’s practical, offering protection for your plants from our notorious climate swings.