Natural landscape Essays

particular where we were kayaking the Colorado River near Hoover Dam and I remember being amazed by the water, vegetation, and how a mountain goat could be at the very edge of the mountain and not fall off. My first instinct was to “observe the landscape, attending for reasons of [my] own to aspects of its appearance and to sundry goings-on within it” (Basso, 1988, 100). However, looking back now at my experience of the trip, I can still recall how beautiful the nature was, but what

The Australian landscape has been an interrogated site for uncanny imagining for director George Miller and photographer Nici Cumpston. Both Miller’s feature film Mad Max II: The Road Warrior (1981) and Cumpston’s photographic series Cultural Landscape – Nookamaka Lake (2008) & Bonney Lake (2010) describe a national connection to an austere landscape that resinates repetition and singularity of adjunct repressed histories. These depictions of dystopian Australian narratives radiate ideas of tenuous

INTRODUCTION The Brimbank Park (UTM: 37.734S, 144.837N) is located within the suburb of Keilor East, which located approximately 15km northwest of Melbourne CBD. The Park was intersected by M80 Highway and Maribyrnong River, surrounded by natural, industrial and residential areas (Figure 1.1&1.2). Some key landforms that observed in the site were wetlands, woodlands and grasslands since the located on a basalt plane, and volcanic activity was the reason that formed flat plains and steep river escarpments

Olmsted seemed to make Franklin Park a critical part of the park system, as he put many painstaking details into the one park. He planned that the park would be divided into two parts, Country Park and Ante-Park. Country Park would be more natural and focused on the scenery, while Ante-Park would be more for activities and social gatherings, as it’s plans included a grand mall. The large open space in the center of the park was called Playstead, a great public ground that is a popular location

environment is clinical and impassive through the absence of natural elements such as plants and animals. The lifeless sterile setting, constructed entirely of concrete, buildings and infrastructure developing the way in which humans dominate a landscape creating a melancholy urban emptiness.

pitches and a children’s playground. This is the home of Welsh baseball. Visitors enjoy Roath Pleasure Garden featuring manicured lawns and flower beds. During the early part of the 20th century bowling and tennis facilities were installed. The landscape is lovely with many attractive trees like oaks, plane, birch, copper beech, dawn redwood and a large tulip tree. South of the lake you’ll find the Roath Botanic

One of America’s most recognized landscape architects was Frederick Law Olmsted. Olmsted is popularly considered to be the “father” of American Landscape Architecture. His works include projects such as the world known Central Park, Prospect Park, and Elm park. The history of the profession in North America is often considered to truly begin with Frederick Law Olmsted. He is also known for rejecting the name “landscape gardener” in favor of the title of “landscape architect,” which he felt better

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to look down from heaven after you were murdered, and see the people who loved you try and figure out your murder? The Lovely Bones, written by Alice Sebold, pulls readers in with its vivacious storyline to find out who killed the main character. The story takes place in Norristown, Pennsylvania, and it follows a teenage girl, named Susie Salmon, who watches from her heaven, as her family struggles to find out her killer. In conclusion, Alice Sebold uses many

Phrabakar and K. Venkat Satish (2011) said that, “Alice Munro is a forthright feminist fiction writer who uses the short story form as a medium to portray the sad conditions of women living in the landscape of small town, Ontario, Canada where she has been brought up and her stories voice woman’s feeling towards society from feminist perspective”. So, ‘Boys and Girls’ short story highlighted the issue of feminism the most in which at that time, society

them have different gardens one is beautiful and full of flowers but the other is dry with no flowers. Here's what Sachi's garden is described as . "There were no trees, flowers, or water, only landscape made of sand, stones, rocks, and some pale green moss which covered the shaded areas... A dry landscape." (Gail Tsukiyama page 40). Sachi tells us even though her life was "dry" because of her leprosy she still shows her way of beauty through stones in her garden. When

Horticulture is the art or practice of garden cultivation and management. This practice is beautiful, in the sense that many treat it as an art form where they arrange displays and groom their flowers. Nevertheless, the methodology behind this art form does not have to be restricted to just plants and I believe Swarthmore College has demonstrated just that through various practices. When I sat down at an information session at my school that Director of Admissions, J.T. Duck led I had acquired

According to a 2008 JELD-WEN REACT survey, 82% of buyers will decline to view the home's interior based on curb appeal. Curb appeal is a term many realtors use to describe the home's outer appearance. First impressions matter a lot to buyers, and sellers must accommodate to buyer demand. Likewise, sellers expect a profit from the sale. Solve the dilemma by forking over finances toward the three best curb appeal improvements that increases home value. Landscaping Trees, shrubs, and plants can

Landscaping is Not Simply Mowing Landscaping is something that has been done for centuries. Even the Ancient Egyptians found ways to manipulate the land and they did so for both functionality and aesthetics. What most people find is that a well-groomed outdoor area offers more than just eye appeal, especially in residential areas. The fact is that landscaping is more than just mowing and it can greatly improve the curb appeal of your home and, it can provide you with more living space. Whether

The Stratton Township Park (Park) contains two golf courses, a swimming pool, eight hundred acres of woods, and open spaces (Finkler, Purtell, Calabrese, & Smith, 2013). In addition, the Stratton Parks Department offers miles of trails for visitors to hike on the property and commune with nature (Finkler et al., 2013). This budget memo elaborates on the annual program budget for the Stratton Township Park, dated October 28, 2015. In the memo, the annual budget addresses the projection for golf operations

The phrase “miles away” is fairly amongst all dialects of English, and has subsequently lost much of its grandeur and impact. A mile is a fairly long distance and stacking them one on top of another is a pretty large distance by most standards. However, saying “lands away” adds somewhat of a mysterious element. Land is not a set value, therefore it is only imaginable how far away Dickinson wants to take the reader. Traditionally, a “land” meant a country, county, jurisdiction, or property. This wiggle

Most of us sometimes evoke nostalgic feelings from our past. When people are exhausted to their present, they often imagine going back to not only the distant past but also the recent time. For instance, college seniors who have about one year for graduating would miss the time when they just entered a university. Also, some office workers would look back on the past longing for their old school days. Likewise, many people often pine for the past, the time they think that they would feel happier

Chatswood Park is located at 35 Orchard Road, Chatswood in the greater New South Wales Region. It covers an area of approximately 2.6 hectares. The open space consists of public toilets, a fenced playground with many shaded park trees, equipment for exercise, a skate park, picnic sites and is topped off with mosaic murals which were designed by Sally Portnoy. The park was named after the Chatswood estate of the late Richard Hayes. The vast land that it is now was acquired in 1898 and further acquisition

Frederick Law Olmsted was among the first to look at landscape architecture as a business and development recreational parks across the country in fact, with Calvert Vaux he practically made that an occupation. There is no definitive study of Olmsted's work. To Olmsted, a park was both a work of art and a requirement for urban life. Olmsted traveled regularly and often published his diaries and discussions. He wrote Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England, A Journey in the Seaboard Slave

Most of the locals even undermine the historic value of the park, in which visitors use the park for special occasions. Eden Gardens State Park hosts a Christmas event that draws families together every year as the Wesley Mansion is “beautifully decorated for the holiday season.” Eden Gardens State Park delightfully includes as much history as possible, including “Civil War reenactors” during a special Christmas event to inform visitors of the many rooms. Looking back at the Wesley House after

In the short story “Hills Like White Elephants,” by Ernest Hemingway, there is a relationship unfolding, a complex relationship difficult to understand. The relationship is revealed by a conversation between a man and a woman, a topic of conversation that people rarely discussed in the period that the story was set. After researching interpretations, it is consistently said “She is pregnant, and he wants her to have an abortion” (Weeks 76), to which I agree that this conversation is about abortion