What is hardscape in the landscape?
Hardscape is a term coined to represent anything in the garden or among plantings that isn’t moving, green or growing. While there may be a more formal definition available, I believe this pretty well explains the term. Hardscape can include benches or seating. It also refers to the addition of pavers, bricks or stone used to design a walkway. Hardscape can include fountains or statuary. Over the years I have collected a few decorative items that are special to me and have a home in a flower bed somewhere on our property. My favorite is an old cupola with weathervane that I purchased at an antique shop years ago. It is wooden and weathered but fits in well among the flowers in my perennial garden. At the opposite end of the spectrum is a formal garden with brick sidewalks, statues and birdbaths as shown in the photo taken at my favorite B&B in Ohio. Here the use of statuary serves to further punctuate the Greek Revival style of the structure of the B&B and carries forward that theme. M
Hardscape is a term coined to represent anything in the garden or among plantings that isn’t moving, green or growing. While there may be a more formal definition available, I believe this pretty well explains the term. Hardscape can include benches or seating. It also refers to the addition of pavers, bricks or stone used to design a walkway. Hardscape can include fountains or statuary. Over the years I have collected a few decorative items that are special to me and have a home in a flower bed somewhere on our property. My favorite is an old cupola with weathervane that I purchased at an antique shop years ago. It is wooden and weathered but fits in well among the flowers in my perennial garden. At the opposite end of the spectrum is a formal garden with brick sidewalks, statues and birdbaths as shown in the photo taken at my favorite B&B in Ohio. Here the use of statuary serves to further punctuate the Greek Revival style of the structure of the B&B and carries forward that theme. M
