About this video

In this episode of Landscaping 101 we take a look at formal gardening.

Depending on the school of thought to which one adheres, formal gardens are about symmetry and not so much about content. Or, opposingly, formal gardening is all about symmetry, form AND content. Perhaps we can explore both schools of thought, but in this episode, we will look at the former.

The setting is Spectacle Island which I seek to turn into a government seat for the new Commonwealth. In doing so, I'm styling after one of my favorite cities; Lima, Peru. It is the way fog rolls into Spectacle Island nearly every day that reminds me so much of the weather patterns of the Pacific Coast of South America. Cities like Lima and Trujillo (means "always spring") are scattered with classical Greek and Roman style architecture gifted to them by many European countries in the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as bearing the obvious Spanish influence of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Classical formal gardening is my least favourite form of landscaping. I hope it does not show.

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