landscape gardening

2 definitions found

landscape gardening - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Landscape \Land"scape\, n. [Formerly written also landskip.]
     [D. landschap; land land + -schap, equiv. to E. -schip; akin
     to G. landschaft, Sw. landskap, Dan. landskab. See Land,
     and -schip.]
     1. A portion of land or territory which the eye can
        comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it
        contains.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or
        fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of
        nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc. Compare
        seascape.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. The pictorial aspect of a country.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The landscape of his native country had taken hold
              on his heart.                         --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Landscape gardening, The art of laying out grounds and
        arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to
        produce a picturesque effect.
        [1913 Webster]

landscape gardening - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  landscape gardening
      n 1: working as a landscape gardener [syn: landscaping,
           landscape gardening]