Thus, landscaping is considered both art and science, which requires skills such as observation, design, planning, creativity, organization and imagination, covering different disciplines such as architecture, art, sociology, among others.
How did landscaping arise?
Although landscaping arose in the Renaissance, This art was practiced in ancient civilizations as Egyptian and Persian. Subsequently, civilizations such as Rome and Greece They introduced gardening techniques.
Although in the Medieval era The landscaping lost strength, this was resumed during the Renaissance in Europe, in which purely aesthetic plantation designs emerged.
Also, the Pre -Hispanic cultures in Latin America They learned to grow medicinal plants, food and flowers that gradually became part of the ornamentation.
However, Modern landscaping arose from ecological-social conflicts derived from the industrial revolution, being the first landscape architect the American Frederick Law Olmsted, who in 1863 founded a modern study of this subject.
What is landscaping today?
At present, landscaping is considered as a method or science to create collective works of art, that is to say, landscapes that make up gardens or private farms with urban landscapes, Metropolitan and regional.