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Monastic style of landscape design was popular at the time of Roman empire. Since XI century when the Greek monks have gone to preach Christianity in the earths of Scythians, they also have brought with themselves many useful knowledge and became the first founders of gardens in Russia. Earlier ancient Slavs used приусадебные territories to grow up vegetables, and for walks went to wood. The preachers building monasteries, being guided by an example from the Bible, began to break flower beds in courtyards and named their paradise or a district-city. In due course and princes began to break gardens in the manors, and gardening was strongly fixed on Russian soil.
For creation of monastic style of landscape design:
- Special attention turn into place in which the garden will be created. It is important, that it there was an internal court yard of the house of the rectangular or square form, or cross-shaped.
- Gardens in monastic style make out without декораторских excesses. Small architectural forms are limited to wells and benches. Sculptures if are present basically represent heroes of bible subjects.
- For monastic style the pool with a fountain, narrow enough, extended on all length of a garden well will approach. Pool usually do of a light stone, without additional ornaments.
- the garden Lay-out should be regular: monastic style does not suffer twisting paths. All lines should be straight lines, geometrically correct.
- If the form of your garden – a cross it is possible to divide a garden paths into four parts. In the centre of crossing of paths it is possible to land a pink bush.
- almost all empty seat use under disembarkation of plants. Use flower beds, bushes and small plants. In the Middle Ages in monastic gardens grew up basically medicinal and fragrant plants, however, presently at garden creation in such style it is possible to expand a specific variety of plants.
- Sometimes at creation of monastic style do small labyrinths of cut bushes which symbolise a way of human soul to God.