LAEP 1030 Lecture 8: Lecture #8
14 Feb 2017
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Central plaza: cahokia, history & ideas: america, colonial gardens. French and british settlers brought garden forms and styles with them to america. Gardens were essentially utilitarian with little attention to aesthetics. Central axis path leading through flowers & vegetables. Edged clipped plants: there was an attempt: However, the gardens were created under a very different social and economic conditions elaborate gardens the french and english created. Early america was poor so they had little to no money for the fancy and. Hence the use of shrubs to make fences and vegetables for a view . There were no kings or queens to even commission large elaborate gardens made very flat and mostly turf or grass and few trees, was at public meeting houses. The only place where gardens were even thought about and were eventually: more extensive gardens. Most were elaborate due to the amount of realestate available.
