Landscape garden

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The English Grounds of Wörlitz were one of the largest English parks in 18th-century Europe.

Sofiyivsky Park in Ukraine goes back to 1796.

The term landscape garden is often used to describe the English garden design style characteristic of the eighteenth century, particularly with the work of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown. The term was not however used to any great extent during the eighteenth century. Its period of popularity was the nineteenth century at which time the classical style of serpentine curves and clumps had become unfashionable. In the twentieth century, the term 'landscape gardener' began to be used by garden contractors.

[edit] English garden

Main article: English garden

The term English garden or English park is used in many languages to refer to the style of informal landscape gardening which was popular in the United Kingdom from the mid 18th century to the early 19th century, and is particularly associated with Capability Brown. An example is the Englischer Garten or "English Garden", in Munich, Germany. The term is not used in this sense in English (except when discussing foreign language usage).

[edit] Japanese and Chinese gardens

Main articles: Japanese garden and Chinese garden

Separate treditions of landscape gardens evolved in Japan and China. Elements from Japanese gardens are often incorporated into the the European landscape garden.